[dsfyu404ed]

Yeah, there's precedent. There's precedent for everything that's ever happened already. That doesn't mean we should be doing those things

Tons of people on both sides of the isle agree that implementing things like the national speed limit and drinking age of 21 by withholding federal funding from the states that don't goose step in line is a backhanded way of enacting legislation and/or an end run around the constitution.

Sure you can do things that way, but you have to ask yourself if it's really worth it in the long run to normalize that kind of legislative behavior in exchange for getting whatever policy point you want a couple years sooner.

Edit: To reply to your comment below I guess you could say, "no the federal government doesn't have jurisdiction, but that hasn't stopped them in the past"

[ceejayoz]

It's a response to "The federal government does not have the jurisdiction", not "is this a good idea?"