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The Due Process Clause does not prevent states from enacting economic policies such as price regulations to further the public good as long as those policies are not unreasonable or arbitrary. The freedom to contract is no absolute. | The Due Process Clause does not prevent states from enacting economic policies such as price regulations to further the public good as long as those policies are not unreasonable or arbitrary. The freedom to contract is no absolute. | ||
====West Coast Hotel Co. v. | ====West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parish==== | ||
A state may regulate the minimum wage paid to female employees when the regulation is for the purpose of promoting employees’ health, safety, and general welfare. This is a legitimate governmental purpose. The freedom to contract is not a fundamental right.'''''United States v. Carolene Products Co. '''''State legislatures possess authority to regulate widely-used articles of food for the benefit of the public’s welfare and this legislation will be analyzed under a rational basis test.'''''Williamson v. Lee Optical Co. '''''A state may regulate a business if its legislature determines there is a particular health and safety problem at hand and that the regulation in question is a rational way to correct the problem. It is sufficient that there is a particular health and safety evil at hand for correction and that the particular legislature measure is a rational way to correct it. | A state may regulate the minimum wage paid to female employees when the regulation is for the purpose of promoting employees’ health, safety, and general welfare. This is a legitimate governmental purpose. The freedom to contract is not a fundamental right.'''''United States v. Carolene Products Co. '''''State legislatures possess authority to regulate widely-used articles of food for the benefit of the public’s welfare and this legislation will be analyzed under a rational basis test.'''''Williamson v. Lee Optical Co. '''''A state may regulate a business if its legislature determines there is a particular health and safety problem at hand and that the regulation in question is a rational way to correct the problem. It is sufficient that there is a particular health and safety evil at hand for correction and that the particular legislature measure is a rational way to correct it. | ||
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'''''FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS '''''Rights deeply rooted in American TraditionWhat fundamental rights do we have so far?<nowiki>'''''</nowiki> | '''''FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS '''''Rights deeply rooted in American TraditionWhat fundamental rights do we have so far?<nowiki>'''''</nowiki> | ||
====1. Enumerated Rights==== | ====1. Enumerated Rights==== | ||