In 2018, California activists passed Proposition 12, which made it illegal to sell pork in that state from hogs born to sows raised in pens that don’t meet California’s arbitrary standards. This law could cost us and my fellow Illinois hog farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars to comply – at a time when we’re…
From: Real Clear Policy, September 23, 2022 by Thomas Titus On October 11th at the Supreme Court, America’s pork farmers will stand trial. The formal question before the justices will be the constitutionality of California’s 2018 initiative-passed Proposition 12. If the farmers lose, a state will be allowed to enforce a regulation on out-of-state production…
From: National Review Plus | Economy & BusinessBy: Elizabeth Wagstrom A reply in the case of National Pork Producers Council v. Ross In 2018, well-funded anti-meat activists persuaded California voters of a lie — that almost all of the nation’s over 60,000 pig farmers were guilty of cruelty to their animals and should be forced…
From LAW 360 article by Daniel Kolkey Does California have the legal authority to effectively regulate the national pork market, thereby forcing a restructuring of an entire U.S. industry and significantly increasing its costs? In October, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, a dispute over whether…