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Originally Posted by Rainger99
The problem is that it sets a precedent and opens the door for the largest states to dictate the laws and regulations for consumers and businesses in the rest of America.
If California passed a law that no product could be sold in the state unless the out of state manufacturer paid $22 an hour to his employees, it would be chaos. Or if they banned cars from any manufacturer who didn’t manufacture at least 50% of their cars as electrical vehicles.
I don’t care what laws California passes for California residents but I object when they try to control the behavior of out of state people.
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I think your post is very reasonsed and brings up very valid concerns. From the article:
"Gorsuch said the pork producers challenging the law were asking the justices to “fashion two new and more aggressive constitutional restrictions on the ability of States to regulate goods sold within their borders.” The justices declined.
During arguments in the case in October, liberal and conservative justices underscored the potential reach of the case. Some worried whether greenlighting the animal cruelty law would give state legislators a license to pass laws targeting practices they disapprove of, such as a law that says a product cannot be sold in the state if workers who made it are not vaccinated or are not in the country legally. They also worried about the reverse: How many state laws would be called into question if California's law were not permitted?"
I think this is a very complex issue, and since the California law was upheld, I think we will get a chance to see how things play out.
Maybe the pork producers just stop selling in California. Yes it is a very large state and that would hurt sales significantly. But when no one sells to California, maybe California rethinks their positions. I also think California has a huge burden to enforce the law. All a pork producer would need to do is set up 1 pen of required size. Then it seems like it would be up to california to prove that any package of pork was not from a pig whose mother was kept in that pen. Seems like a steep climb.
All that being said, I agree with your concerns on what new laws by one state that affects another can have. And I believe Californial is a liberal pig sty itself. But I do think keeping a pig in a pen where it cannot even turn around is cruel.