Limited-Government Seekers Slam Berkeley RF Disclosure Law at Supreme Court
Free-market and limited-government supporters backed CTIA's Supreme Court challenge of a Berkeley, California, ordinance requiring retailers to inform prospective cellphone buyers that carrying their devices in certain ways can cause exposure to RF radiation exceeding federal limits (see 1801240050). "The…
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right not to speak is an essential part of the liberty guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments -- and ... when someone is forced to act as a mouthpiece for particular government ideas, that warrants the most rigorous judicial review,” wrote the Cato Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute and Cause of Action Institute in case 17-976. They said the Supreme Court should “clarify that all government attempts to impose content-based speech mandates are subject to rigorous First Amendment scrutiny.” Response is due March 1, the court said.