Constitutional Law
Jul. 24, 2014
Supreme cruelty and the high court's foie gras petition
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to take up a challenge to California's ban on the sale of foie gras produced by force-feeding ducks and geese. By Lewis Bollard and Jonathan Lovvorn
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to take up a challenge to California's ban on the sale of foie gras produced by force-feeding ducks and geese. The case, Association des Eleveurs de Canards et d'Oies du Quebec v. Harris, 13-1313, raises the question of whether a state has a right under the dormant commerce clause to ban the sale of a product to "prevent complicity in a practice that it deem[...
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