Comments on: Using federal bucks to lobby for food nannyism https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/using-federal-bucks-to-lobby-for-food-nannyism/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:25:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/using-federal-bucks-to-lobby-for-food-nannyism/comment-page-1/#comment-145164 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:25:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=28315#comment-145164 Yes, that’s an appalling statutory provision. Perhaps some informed lawyer could inform us how it interacts with other provisions of law aimed at curbing lobbying by officialdom.

]]> By: asdfasdf https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/using-federal-bucks-to-lobby-for-food-nannyism/comment-page-1/#comment-145138 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:28:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=28315#comment-145138 The DEA is statutorily required to “take such actions as necessary to oppose any attempt” to legalize certain drugs, see Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, section 704(b)(12), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/reauthorization-act .

Would “such actions as necessary” encompass lobbying? It would seem to.

]]> By: Jerryskids https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/using-federal-bucks-to-lobby-for-food-nannyism/comment-page-1/#comment-145115 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:10:43 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=28315#comment-145115 But it’s for the good of the children!

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