Can a state change the legal drinking age set by the federal government?
if so is it only to raise thee age limit or are they able to lower it
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if they couldnt, there wouldnt be atleast 3 different drinking ages around the country...
Yes.
Because Congress is constitutionally prohibited from telling the states what laws to pass, and Congress does not have the constitutional authority to regulate legal drinking age. That's not in the enumerated powers listed.
However, Congress was clever -- they made all grants of federal highway and law enforcement funds contingent upon states complying with their request.
So, any state that doesn't comply with their request, that state gets no federal money.
Yes, states can change the drinking age, but they would lose all federal highway funding money. In essence the states have been blackmailed by Congress to change the drinking age.
FYI the drinking age laws passed by the states violates the 14th amendment of the US Constitution that ensures equal protection under the law. The 18-20 year olds are a persecuted minority by these laws. Citizens cannot be singled out by race, age, sex, etc for laws. There is no such thing as being a semi-citizen of the United States. But the drinking age laws say exactly that.
The federal government does not set drinking age. The states do, so yes they can change it.
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