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Re:Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board ... by RussianCow on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:39PM (#19915314)
No one said anything about superseding every state law, just those regarding health care.
Re:Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board ... by dgzl on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @09:09PM (#19915471)
Friendly reminder that our 10th Amendment rights exist specifically to limit federal power, and to give states superceding power over the federal government. The opposite doesn't actually exist.
Re:Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board ... by derekp7 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @09:39PM (#19915626)
Except for Article 1 section 8. If it can be used to prevent a farmer from growing crops to feed his own animals, then it can be used to regulate insurance sales across state lines.
Re:Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board ... by ddxxdd on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:40AM (#19919836)
The current is moving in the opposite direction now. Female genital mutilation is now legal in America because federal courts have decided that it's better than abuse of the commerce clause: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/health/fgm-female-genital...
Re:Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board ... by throwawaytoday5 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @09:52PM (#19915702)
Nice to know that people are still clinging to a document that can literally mean whatever we want it to when convenient while Americans continue to shuffle and get raped by the corporate class.
Re:Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board ... by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:24PM (#19915881)
The US constitution is, like all other written law, mostly meaningless, given enough time.

If you don’t like it, changed it: they’re called amendments.

Re:Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board ... by favorited on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @11:10PM (#19916085)
We don't need one in this case. The Commerce Clause in Article I gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate trade.