A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups that sued to block the ordinance, the AP reports. The law violates constitutionally protected commercial speech, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in a unanimous ruling. The judges granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the ordinance from taking effect and kicked the case back to a lower court. The required warnings “offend plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights by chilling protected speech,” the judges wrote. The American Beverage Association, which represents Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and others, joined retail and advertising organizations to argue in court that the rules should be blocked.
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Nowhere do we see just exactly what those “health warnings” were. They are just implied. Typical Leftist tactic.
Nuthin changed, but the disingenuous democRATz get to once again pat themselves on the back for “protecting” the little guy. California: Where everything is dangerous… except the Illegals!