Elena Kagan Opposed To Mandatory Fruit/Veggie Intake
Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness, Politicians, Research + Science.
Eat your veggies or pay a fine?
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was asked by Senator Tom Coburn is she thought it was constitutional to require people to eat three servings of vegetables and fruits daily to cut health care costs.
“Sounds like a dumb law,” Kagan said. “But I think that the question of whether it’s a dumb law is different from … the question of whether it’s constitutional and I think that courts would be wrong to strike down laws that they think are senseless just because they’re senseless.”
The question was jokingly thrown at Kagan by Coburn, but was alluding to the idea of whether people should be required to purchase health insurance, a measure part of the health care overhaul that’s expected to be challenged nationwide.
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