Talk:Uniform Time Act
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Open Questions
I intentionally obfuscated these points:
- What does the law say? Did it offer incentives to states for getting with the program, and if so are states free to change their mind later? Does it require them to do so, under the authority of the federal power to regulate interstate commerce, and if so, was the applicability considered an open-and-shut case, or if not, was it adjudicated? (IMO, this might be a good illustrative case for federal/state relations.)
- An Indian reservation in AZ (Navajo?) is an example of DST within a non-DST state. Is the exception official? Is there a practical reason for putting up with the confusion, or is it primarily an assertion of tribal sovereignty? Is there an explicit exception in the act for some or all tribes, or an uncontestedly applicable provision in another law? What is the history of DST there since the act? (Is it a carry-over from before the act?) Do Federal officials comply with reservation practice or the no-variation-within-state pattern in their dealings with the tribal authorities and the populace?
- Are there exceptions besides those cited in the Time zone article?
--Jerzy(t) 17:38, 2004 Apr 6 (UTC)