Free Speech Group Rejects Industry Claim VT GE Labeling Law Violates 1st Amendment

First Amendment and consumer advocacy groups filed court briefs backing Vermont’s law requiring labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods, telling the Vermont federal court that the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other industry groups do not have the necessary facts to raise a free speech challenge and that the plaintiffs’ argument “crosses a commercial bridge too far.” “Corporate commercial speech does not serve either of the First Amendment's core values of self-government or autonomy, and thus does not merit the...