Comments on: Appeals court swats down Bloomberg soda ban https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/07/appeals-court-swats-bloomberg-soda-ban/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Maureen Beach https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/07/appeals-court-swats-bloomberg-soda-ban/comment-page-1/#comment-232603 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:55:06 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40322#comment-232603 We are pleased with the unanimous decision to uphold the lower court’s ruling. Now that there is legal consensus on this issue, we look forward to collaborating with city leaders on solutions that will have a meaningful and lasting impact on the people of New York City.

]]> By: Bergren https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/07/appeals-court-swats-bloomberg-soda-ban/comment-page-1/#comment-231920 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:45:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40322#comment-231920 Why no court sanctions against the NYC Department of Health and its individual board members… for their “clearly” illegal actions ?

There should be some direct penalty, somewhere.

Otherwise they are free to creatively pursue similar regulatory schemes in the future — doesn’t personally cost the Board of Health members a dime or day in jail… to “experiment” all they want… and see what new “regulations” they can get away with.

]]> By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/07/appeals-court-swats-bloomberg-soda-ban/comment-page-1/#comment-231876 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:39:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=40322#comment-231876 “Judicial Activism” is a derogatory phrase applicable to any judicial decision which overrules a legislative or executive decision with which the speaker disagrees.

Bob

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