The NAACP and the Politics of Race and Regulation

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2013-01-29

Summary:

There’s a bit of a kerfuffle going on about the NAACP’s defense of over-sized soft-drinks.  In an amicus brief challenging New York City’s new ban on the super-size, the NAACP (joined by the Hispanic Federation and an association of Korean grocers) takes a surprisingly libertarian stance against government regulation.  It laments that the ban is [...]

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health public health obesity litigation green living discrimination

Authors:

Dan Farber

Date tagged:

01/29/2013, 12:00

Date published:

01/29/2013, 09:00