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Originally Posted by Tom Servo
That said, one hurdle to any effective challenge would be the assertion of a means-ends relationship to a legitimate state objective. In the case of a registry, they'd claim it was for public safety.]
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I suppose they would. But claiming it is for public safety, and the registry actually having a means-ends relationship to public safety are two different things. If one could show to the judge that their is a spurious relationship, or no relationship to public safety, it would fail the test. Courts are loathe to apply this test, originally outlined in
Lochner (<3), because it would result in them invalidating a significant amount of State legislation. Nonetheless, the requirement must still legally be met. This shows us why people need to start taking judicial elections seriously.