Elsewhere, I encountered some maleducated person who claimed that State minimum wage laws were Federally unconstitutional. Egads, someone on the internet was being wrong at me! Naturally, I had to respond to educate this poor, benighted soul.
State laws do not depend upon the US Constitution, but upon their own State Constitutions. Which, of course, may not conflict with the US Constitution.
In other words, States can set minimum and maximum wage laws as they so desire. States can mandate every employer pay every employee a $10,000 bonus on the anniversary of their employment. States can mandate that every adult citizen of their State must register to vote and own an operable firearm with at least 100 rounds of appropriate ammunition. States can mandate that every motor vehicle operable upon State roads must be registered monthly and carry a minimum of one million dollars in liability insurance. States can mandate that every employee who potentially has access to a pool of water more than 1″ deep (to include common sinks) must wear full SCUBA apparatus at all times while working, as a safety measure to prevent drownings.
States can do lots of silly things. Doesn’t mean they’re good ideas. Laws have little to do with right and wrong - except in the eye of the law.
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