The protection of our rights as citizens is one of the most important tasks that we have. One law that the country itself is particularly divided is that of the seat belt law. This debate is as it sounds. Is the requirement of seat belts a constitutional restriction that some states place? I personally agree that the seat belt law is in fact legal, but some say otherwise. This law, however, has been constantly ruled constitutional by numerous state supreme courts and legislatures, the states have the power to issue and revoke licenses as well as take measures for public health and safety, and the roads on which everyone drives are considered the state’s property thus they gain the ability to regulate what happens on those roads. To begin, every time that someone has gone to court over the seat belt law, it has been ruled to be constitutional and the case has been shut down. These cases happen all over with cases taking place in Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Montana to name a few places. All of them have ended with the same result. The law being ruled constitutional. The idea that the court systems in every state being wrong about the legality of the law seems an unlikely one at best. The cases have all been argued from different angles, calling the law both a violation of an …show more content…
The seat belt law is for some reason hotly debated, but, according to the constitution and the court rulings, the decision seems rather obvious. The topic in my opinion requires no further debate as it is easily protected by our government’s legislative