Saggy Pants Ban Gets Voted Down

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson residents can wear their pants any
way they want to.
The city council voted 4-2 against a plan Tuesday that would
have made it unlawful for people to wear pants below the waistline
exposing their underwear.
The council members who voted against the saggy pants ban said
it likely was unconstitutional.
But Mayor Frank Melton, who joined the council meeting via
telephone from Texas, said he will issue an executive order
instituting the dress code.
Councilman Kenneth Stokes sponsored the saggy pants ordinance.
He said many of the young men who wear saggy pants also get in
trouble at school or with police.
While many of the other council members agreed that saggy pants
are undesirable, most said the ordinance likely would violate the
U.S. Constitution.