My new op-ed at the Daily Caller is their “most shared” this morning. Excerpt:
On Monday, Judge Tingling struck down the soda ban in a sweeping opinion that does everything but hand Mayor Poppins his umbrella and carpetbag. This wasn’t just a temporary restraining order putting the regulation on hold for a few weeks. The judge struck down the ban permanently both on the merits (“fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences”) and as overstepping the rightful legal powers of the New York City Department of Health…[For] the mayor and his public health crew… the biggest reproach in the decision isn’t in being found to have gotten the facts wrong, it’s being found to have violated the law.And if anyone is expected to know and play by the rules, it’s a nanny.
Read more at http://www.cato.org/blog/judge-strikes-down-bloombergs-soda-grab
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