The Biden administration and the state of California will face off today in a case that will decide whether California is applying unconstitutional burden on other states.
in a Supreme Court case that will decide whether California has the right to impose tough animal-welfare standards on pork produced outside the state.
Forcing pork producers to follow California standards would give California the power to unfairly impose new costs on the industry and "transform the pork industry nationwide."They also argue the California rule will add up to $350 million in new costs for producers and lead to higher consumer prices at a time of elevated inflation.
DOJ agrees that California "has regulated out-of-state activity in service of an interest that is not a legitimate basis for regulation under our federal system of sovereign States."with impermissible extraterritorial regulation has its greatest force," in this case, DOJ stated.
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