Protectionism for real estate agents [Coyote]:
In legislation that reminds me of stuff from the 1990s when businesses tried to fight Internet-driven disintermediation, Hawaii is proposing to force non-Hawaiians to use a local broker to list their rental properties. Apparently local residents can still list their properties on low-cost Internet sites, but folks on the mainland (also known as “the United States”) must use a high-cost locally licensed broker, who typically charge 50% of rental fees as a commission. … Only by structuring this law to apply to those annoying out-of-staters could it ever be passed.
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“Only by structuring this law to apply to those annoying out-of-staters could it ever be passed.”
Uhhhh….what about equal protection under the law?
I remember reading this somewhere:
“The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.”
Ah, yes, there it is. Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. And this is the original P&I clause, not the new one added in the 14th Amendment. This one still works.