Baylen Linnekin on Broccoli Mandates and Food Freedom

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Does the government have the power to compel a person to buy broccoli? That question came up last week during the Supreme Court's unprecedented three-day hearing on the national healthcare mandate. And as Baylen Linnekin, the executive director of the nonprofit Keep Food Legal, explains, this isn't the first time the Supreme Court has weighed in on the topic of food freedom.