Government
Jun. 23, 2022
Biden supports pork farmers in challenge to California law
“The judgment of the court of appeals should be reversed, and the case should be remanded for appropriate proceedings,” concluded the brief that was signed by solicitor general Elizabeth B. Prelogar, deputy solicitor general Edwin S. Kneedler, assistant to the solicitor general Michael R. Houston and attorneys Michael S. Raab, Thomas Pulham, and David L. Peters.
An amicus curiae brief from President Biden’s administration was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of pork farmers over a law passed by California voters that prohibits certain industry hog-farming practices, including minimum standards for pigs that are bred inside cages.
Petitioners allege that the California Department of Food and Agriculture “asserted” justification for Proposition 12 unduly restricts interstate commerce and do...
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