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 U.S. Supreme Court rejects North Carolina's attempt to revive the controversial Ag-Gag law, upholding whistleblower protection rights

David G. Savage reported in today's Los Angeles Times that, "The Supreme Court justices sounded wary Tuesday of California’s animal welfare law and its protections for breeding pigs, warning it could set off a wave of state laws that put a wide array of restrictions on products moving nationwide."

A voter-ratified law in California banning the sale of pork in the state from hogs raised anywhere in the ...

A California law requiring that pork sold in the state come from humanely raised pigs posed questions about how far states can go in affecting conduct outside their borders.