U.S. to states: School lunch changes none of your business

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As schools begin reopening their doors to children nationwide, the U.S. governme...

NEW YORK - As schools begin reopening their doors to children nationwide, the U.S. government has told a federal judge that states have no power to sue over new rules they say make school meals less healthy.

The government also said the states lacked power to sue under a doctrine known as “parens patriae,” Latin for “parent of the nation,” because it allegedly would not protect children from harm. New York, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Vermont and the District of Columbia sued Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on April 3 over changes in the school lunch program, which feeds more than 30 million, mostly lower-income children.

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a man that posts himself eating kfc on his private jet shouldn’t be in charge of making school lunches or even have a say about what they should be like

US school must stop serving food in styrofoam!!

Because, in the end, the small-govt GOP isn't really for small government

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