10 Apr Consider the facts
Instructions: Give a full answer. Consider the facts, including what is given and what can be presumed from the facts. Then apply the rules to the facts. Submit your answer as an attached file. Please review the rubric (under the rubric section) before completing any assignment or short paper. Remember to include in-text citations and a reference page.
Tiffany opens up a restaurant that is located away from highways, does not advertise, and virtually all of the restaurant’s customers are people from the neighborhood. Tiffany’s restaurant does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (a federal statute) because the doors leading into and out of the restaurant are not big enough to fit a wheelchair through. Tiffany knows her doors do not comply with the ADA but it would cost her in excess of $50,000 to fix the problem. Furthermore, she does not believe her restaurant impacts interstate commerce. Therefore, she does not believe she falls under the ADA. However, Tiffany’s restaurant does comply with all State regulations.
Could the federal government use the Commerce Clause from Article I, of the U.S. Constitution, to apply the ADA to Tiffany’s restaurant and force her to widen her doors or be subject to fines and/or jail? Why or why not?
Could any other branch of the federal government (Executive or Judicial) use any of their powers to attempt to regulate Tiffany’s restaurant?
