Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Frank Melton says that even though the city council voted against an ordinance making it unlawful for people to wear saggy pants he still intends to issue an executive order enforcing the dress code. The city council voted 4-2 against the ordinance, saying it was unconstitutional."I certainly respect the Constitution," Melton said, "but we have some issues that are much bigger than the Constitution."
The ordinance against "saggy-pants" was probably not unconstitutional; that's just a city council opinion. But the Mayor's attitude re the Constitution is unfortunately quite common among elected officials - "if we disagree with the Constitution, we'll just ignore it."
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