Supreme Court hears arguments over California animal cruelty law
California voters enacted Proposition 12 in 2018 in an effort to prevent animal cruelty.A decision in the case isn't likely before next year.WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared willing to allow litigation to continue over a California law aimed at ensuring pigs can turn around in their pens, a case with implications for one state's ability to regulate the industries of another.California voters enacted Proposition 12 in 2018 in an effort to prevent animal cruelty. The law bans the sale of bacon, chops and other pork products in the most populous state unless the sow from which it was born was housed in at least 24 square feet of floorspace – a standard that industry officials acknowledge virtually no farms can meet.While Californians account for 13% of the nation's pork ...