U.S. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA’S PROPOSITION 12 (Rules against pork producers)

[mountaineer]

U.S. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA’S PROPOSITION 12; RULES 5-4 AGAINST NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL (NPPC) AND AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION (AFBF)
By Jaclyn Krymowski
Protect The Harvest

If recent drought, inflation, supply chain disruptions, and regulatory overreach haven’t been challenging enough to America’s farmers and ranchers, pork producers and consumers have now been dealt a significant gut punch by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

In early May 2023, SCOTUS ruled in favor of California’s Proposition 12. The 2018 ballot initiative was passed by the state’s voters as the result of an intense animal rights-funded campaign that inaccurately depicted hogs, veal calves, and egg-laying hens as being treated inhumanely. The ruling reinforces the authority of states to impose regulations that impact the entire nation.

Prop 12 created a battleground when California voters passed it into state law on November 6, 2018. Created, and promoted, by a myriad of animal extremist groups, the ballot initiative targeted animal welfare, specifically requiring larger space requirements for housing egg-laying hens, swine, and veal calves.

NPPC and AFBF challenged California based on regulatory overreach into other states, and the Constitution’s Commerce Clause that is supposed to prevent states from harming each other. Protect The Harvest provided a briefing document in support of the NPPC and AFBF case with SCOTUS. While California produces less than one percent of the pork consumed in the state, Californians eat about 13 percent of the nation’s pork production. ...

Scott Hays, NPPC President, and a Missouri pork producer, explained the implications of California’s Prop 12:

“We are very disappointed with the Supreme Court’s opinion. Allowing state overreach will increase prices for consumers and drive small farms out of business, leading to more consolidation. We are still evaluating the Court’s full opinion to understand all the implications. NPPC will continue to fight for our nation’s pork farmers and American families against misguided regulations.”

This has huge impacts for all states planning to export pork to California.  ...

Full story at Protect The Harvest

[SZonian]

This has huge impacts for all states planning to export pork to California

Uhm, I suspect the impact will be "huger" for consumers of pork in California. Expect prices to skyrocket due to limited supply. The rest of the US will simply stop shipping to CA and rightfully so due to such a frigging stupid "law".
I've since found a local farmer who raises their own locally and though the prices are a bit steep, will patronize them.
Sick of this damned state and its need to insert themselves into EVERY aspect of our lives.
Cannot wait to leave...the clock is ticking.

[Kamaji]

Uhm, I suspect the impact will be "huger" for consumers of pork in California. Expect prices to skyrocket due to limited supply. The rest of the US will simply stop shipping to CA and rightfully so due to such a frigging stupid "law".
I've since found a local farmer who raises their own locally and though the prices are a bit steep, will patronize them.
Sick of this damned state and its need to insert themselves into EVERY aspect of our lives.
Cannot wait to leave...the clock is ticking.

[DefiantMassRINO]

I foresee a meat mafia rising in California to smuggle illicit meats into California.

With every Government regulation there comes an opportunity for criminals to fill the void.

[Free Vulcan]

While I believe in State's Rights, this will be greatly abused.

[Hoodat]

Uhm, I suspect the impact will be "huger" for consumers of pork in California. Expect prices to skyrocket due to limited supply. The rest of the US will simply stop shipping to CA and rightfully so due to such a frigging stupid "law".

That's the way I see it, too.  It's no different than gasoline with the special blends California demands.  Refiners are still free to sell non-California-approved blends to other States.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Uhm, I suspect the impact will be "huger" for consumers of pork in California. Expect prices to skyrocket due to limited supply. The rest of the US will simply stop shipping to CA and rightfully so due to such a frigging stupid "law".

Exactly.  SCOTUS is forcing Californians to live with the consequences of their own decisions.  That's how a republic is supposed to work.

[bigheadfred]

If this means more cheaper bacon for meee I'm not going to argue.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Yeah more pork for the rest of us!