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In a free society,

there are simply

some things too

personal for

government to

regulate.

Kent Willis

government in an unprecedented way, allowing lawmakers to become the fashion police.”

“Also, while hip-hop culture has crossed racial boundaries in recent years, young African-American men were more likely than anyone else to be affected by the law. This is not to say that patrons of the bill were motivated by race, but race surely would have been a factor as the law was put into use.”

The ACLU of Virginia warned legislators that the bill was constitutionally flawed. The Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause has been widely interpreted to protect personal liberties, that is, to prevent the government from placing restrictions on the choices people make about the most intimate aspects of their lives. A federal appeals court based in Virginia previously ruled that the state cannot regulate hair style or length.

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