SCOTUS rejected a challenge from the National Pork Producers Council against a California animal welfare law. California's animal welfare law blocks sales of pork, eggs, and veal from farms that do not meet minimum space requirements for the animals.
The court ruled that the National Pork Producers were asking the court to"fashion two new and more aggressive constitutional restrictions" on the states' abilities to regulate goods sold within their borders.California's animal welfare law, Proposition 12, blocks sales of pork, eggs, and veal in the state from farms that do not meet minimum space requirements for the animals.
"They invite us to fashion two new and more aggressive constitutional restrictions on the ability of States to regulate goods sold within their borders. We decline that invitation," Gorsuch wrote. The Humane Society of the United States released a statement following the Supreme Court's ruling, saying it was"delighted" the court upheld Proposition 12.
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