Who knows? It seemed completely unrealistic when this story was written, and still unlikely in Europe, but in US? Each state could theoretically decide. Though I'm not enough well-versed in US matters to tell if in practice this would have been even possible or not.
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Oh boy, this may trigger some people. But a very interesting vision. Sadly, though maybe for the best, it won't be ever applied in real world.
Who knows? It seemed completely unrealistic when this story was written, and still unlikely in Europe, but in US? Each state could theoretically decide. Though I'm not enough well-versed in US matters to tell if in practice this would have been even possible or not.