The "stated goal" has no bearing on it being a violation of the constitution.
"The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions." - Quote by: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US Senator
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." - Quote by: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US Senator
Source: A speech delivered at Niblo's Saloon, in New York, on the 15th of March 1837, "Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster", by Edwin Whipple, page 393.
"We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land -- nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution." Quote by: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US Senator
The "stated goal" has no bearing on it being a violation of the constitution.
"The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions." - Quote by: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US Senator
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." - Quote by: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US Senator Source: A speech delivered at Niblo's Saloon, in New York, on the 15th of March 1837, "Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster", by Edwin Whipple, page 393.
"We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land -- nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution." Quote by: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) US Senator