Chip Taylor

Supreme sophistry

Jacob Sullum reviews the Supreme Court's position(s) on agriculture marketing ads:

The decision was especially disappointing because the last time the Court considered this issue, only four years ago, it ruled that mandatory mushroom messages were unconstitutional. That was just four years after it upheld a program that requires growers to support ads for California tree fruit. Now it says generic beef ads, like the peach and nectarine ads but unlike the mushroom ads, do not violate the First Amendment.

The Court insists it never really changed its mind.

What a joke.