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In article <XXs3OCCOkiooxHplUDLqe7X+eF3e@4ax.com>,
<unidextr@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >To take this whole issue one step further some states have actually
> >past legislation stating that a credit card can not be "required" as grounds
> >for renting a car.  They have declared it discriminatory as  many people
> >just plain don't like or use credit cards.  this does not mean they are any
> >less trustworthy.
> 
> Could you identify which states have passed (note not PAST)
> legislation that steps on the constitutional guarantees of
> businesses involved in interstate commerce?

While I'd be interested in seeing that, I'm a lot more interested in
knowing which clause of the Constitution "guarantees" that businesses
have protecting their rights with respect to commerce, interstate or
otherwise.  Of course, the federal Congress is vested with the power
to regulate interstate commerce, but that doesn't exactly "guarantee"
businesses anything.

And anyway, if I'm standing across a counter from you, and handing you
money in exchange for a good or service, that's hardly "interstate
commerce."  Unless, of course, the counter itself happens to coincide
with a state line.  I believe this happens at Four Corners, but I'm
not aware of any car rental agency that has an office with such a
location.

I don't approve of such restrictions on freely transacted business,
but I don't know that they're unconstitutional.
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