The Health of Children and Consumers is Threatened by Conservative Push for Corporate Speech Rights
Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels.
December 12, 2011 | In recent years, corporate lawyers representing industries whose products touch millions of American lives have stopped numerous government efforts to better inform the public about possible health risks with an eyebrow-raising legal strategy. They have asserted a constitutional right not to speak, or say more than they want on labels and advertising, and pro-business federal judges have agreed, rejecting the public’s right to know.
In
cases involving manmade hormones fed to dairy cows, heart and lung
disease caused by tobacco, the nutritional value of foods contributing
to childhood and teenage obesity, and even radiation emitted by cell
phones, the industries keep returning to court until a business-friendly
judge or majority on an appeals court rules that the First Amendment
includes the corporate right not to ‘speak’ if it could harm profits.
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