Op-Ed: The Supreme Court shouldn’t meddle with California’s standards on meat and eggs on school campuses
One thing I’ve learned in my life about food isn’t to try to ‘fake’ it, especially on a college campus.
The average student on America’s college campuses is overweight as well as obese, and if you want to keep them there, they do better when they’re doing their daily routines at an official dining location.
As for the food on campuses, we’ve heard time and time again from an array of different groups:
Students have been told by faculty that their “pussy-willows” (or “tampon-wits” to use the English-language terminology) have to use their words, or else.
Students have been told by faculty that their “pussy-willows” (or “tampon-wits” to use the English-language terminology) have to use their words, or else. Students have been told that their “pussy-willots and tampon-wits” (if the correct terminology has been used) have to eat off campus, or else.
And in the case where it’s the ‘wrong’ terminology, the students have been told to stop complaining.
The latest case I want to look at is one that the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday, but is a more controversial decision than most.
In the case of Davis vs. Monroe, the Court will take up a challenge against California’s standards on the foods that are considered “safe” for eating on college campuses, with the issue being whether the state can regulate the standards. (The Supreme Court does have the power to rule on the standards, as well.)
The court is scheduled to hear arguments in Davis vs. Monroe on Tuesday, October 5th.
The California standards have been challenged in a lawsuit by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), who says the state is infringing its regulatory authority over how children are raised on college campuses. The USDA wants the court to rule that the California Department of Education has no authority in what the state considers “educational activities.”
The case is important for higher ed, especially since the university system has been criticized for its lax approach to ensuring that its campuses are as safe as
