An end-run around Citizens United: passing state laws that ban rewarding campaign donors with political favors

But change your hypothetical to being about an individual who makes and sells Snakeoilapam through his Etsy shop. I’m for sure not a food-and-drug lawyer, but it would be odd if an individual could not still run afoul of federal law and FDA regs by making unsubstantiated claims about drugs the individual makes. Similar with generally fraudulent claims: individual natural persons can absolutely be prosecuted for misrepresentations that others rely on to their detriment.

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