DEREGULATION, HUH?There is no reason for Leon to grant this delay. The tobacco industry has already adapted labeling in other countries, the labeling has proven to work to bring realism to the outcomes of the use of tobacco. There are lives at risk and the tobacco industry knows full well if a person is smoking regularly at the age of 19, they will probably continue well into adulthood.
This is a amoral stalling tactic by Leon in hopes there is a huge wind change in 2012 and the legislation will be recended. He is an amoral judge that favors money over life and he should be impeached. This is the worst decision a judge could have made and it directly threatens the wellness and health of Americans.
The 30 year reign of Republicans has tainted the courts and this is only one example.
...In granting tobacco companies a delay in complying with a government order to put graphic anti-smoking images on cigarette packs, Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon sought mightily to make a case for industry. His problem -- industry doesn't have a case. Decades of deceptive advertising and incriminating medical research have taught us that....
