evidence: Even a noted skeptic of constitutional protections for economic liberty under the federal Constitution, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, has recognized the validity of St. Joseph Abbey. In Countering the Majoritarian Difficulty, then-Professor Barrett wrote that "modern courts have occasionally stretched even the existing rationality test too far. For example, it is indeed difficult to see the connection between safe casket-making and a funeral home director’s license."[67] She opined: "A rational basis test ought not mean that courts are obliged to accept explanations that beggar all belief."[68] St. Joseph Abbey demonstrates the original law of the 14th Amendment, adapted and applied by federal courts under modern rational basis precedent, can provide at least a necessary minimum check on government laws that abridge the right to earn an honest living. [...] [20] Id. at 122 (Bradley, J., dissenting). [...] [67] Amy Coney Barrett, Countering the Majoritarian Difficulty, 32 Const. Comment. 61, 71 (2017).