Cato: Banzhaf’s Boast: “Undergrads Required to Lobby for Obama Policy”

I normally resist the temptation to pay attention to George Washington University law professor John Banzhaf, given his reputation as a bit of a publicity chaser, but this Monday press release from him was enough to get me to forsake my usual practice: 

Undergrads Required to Lobby for Obama Policy

At 4 PM today, undergraduate students in a major university will be assigned homework requiring them to lobby their local legislators in favor of a major Obama policy – fighting obesity.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) - Mar. 4, 2013 - More specifically, some 200 undergrads will be asked to contact legislators in their home cities, counties, or states asking them to adopt legislation similar to that already adopted in New York City – and apparently to be considered in D.C., Cambridge, Mass, New York State, and perhaps elsewhere  – banning restaurants, delis, movie theaters and many other businesses from selling high-sugar drinks in cups or containers larger than 16 ounces.

Read more at http://www.cato.org/blog/banzhafs-boast-undergrads-required-lobby-obama-policy