the general welfare clause has been used in very similar circumstances. But to accurately measure body fat you need multiple measures using displacement volume or caliper measurements in multiple places. One issue here is that for instance are you willing to allow a non medical person to do some fairly intimate measurements on a kid? Second yes you can train non medical personnel to do the measurements, but still it can be expensive. at least 8 to 10 measurements all over the body, then calculate fat percentage based on the last part. Its not cheap even if you had the janitor doing it.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "except that you can argue that it is constitutional, based on the > premumble." > > That's a stretch, considering "secure the blessings of liberty " that > follows. > > Anyway, read more here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution > > I like this part: > > The Preamble serves solely as an introduction, and does not assign powers > to the federal > government<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States> > ,[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-1> > nor > does it provide specific limitations on government action. Due to the > Preamble's limited nature, no court has ever used it as a decisive factor > in case adjudication > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjudication>,[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-2>except > as regards frivolous > litigation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation> > .[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-3> > > More than likely, the government would somehow try to use the commerce > clause to enact this type of measure > > > > "problem is that measuring body fat content can be expensive, 9 or 10different > caliper measurements done on a very regular basis. It can be quite > expensive." > > Really? Maybe if one hires a doctor or nurse to do it. Since anyone can > do it with a little training, I wouldn't think hiring a doctor or nurse > would not be necessary. Plenty of unemployed out there who would be > willing to do it on the cheap. > > Maybe even some illegal immigrants. > > They'll probably just use BMI, a horrendous metric. > > J > > - > > Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to > produce citizens capable of dominating their government, as the education > of a truly vigilant self-governing people requires? - Alan Keyes > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345313 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
