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Politics, News & Issues > US News Is the New York City Board of Health's ban on trans fats in restaurants constitutional?

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The question is not whether the ban is a good idea - it's whether the ban is constitutional. By this, I assume we are talking about the U.S. Constitution (which most of us are familiar with) and not the New York State Constitution (which I, at least, am not familiar with). So let's consider the question in the Federal constitutional context... First of all, the Constitution only restricts government action, not the private conduct of individuals. So, do we have government action here? The answer is clearly yes - the NYC Board of Health is an administrative arm of the New York State governm...

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