At best, it is ignoring an Executive Order, binding on Federal agencies. Reality is that their boss (the Prez) doesn't enforce it, nor have recent past Presidents and it has been widely ignored by Federal agencies.
The few that tried to honor it (DoT) were handed setbacks by Congress. The EO is still out there, but it might be wise to have all political ducks in a row before arguing it. It could be struck down at the stroke of a pen. I don't think we have any idea where Obama stands on metrication. Perhaps an argument could be made around the Metric Act of 1866. However, I am not aware of much case law surrounding it. If it hasn't been used much in 140+ years, that argument might be a very hard sell. --- On Sat, 3/14/09, mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu> wrote: > From: mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu> > Subject: [USMA:43811] Re: Metric personal data was Re: 24 hour time > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@ColoState.EDU> > Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 10:00 AM > Michael wrote: > > ... the FAA in Oklahoma City decreed that only inches and > pounds were acceptable... > > That is a violation of Federal law. Why should FAA > authorities be allowed to ignore that fact?
