Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apr. 18, 2017
Don't buy my product!
The First Amendment protects the right to not speak, as much as it protects the right to speak, argues beverage manufacturers regarding mandatory warning labels on sugary drinks.
Cory L. Andrews
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Can the government force the seller of a perfectly legal product to discourage the public from buying that product - in the seller's own advertising and at the seller's own expense? That is the question the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will take up at oral argument Monday in American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco.
The case arises from a constitutional challenge to San Francisco Ordinance No. 100-15, which (subject to certain limited exception...
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