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Court to hear battle over animal welfare, the dormant commerce clause — and the price of bacon

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Instead, the preferences of Iowa or other pork-producing States would project into California to control what Californians eat.”. If California can enact laws controlling the production of out-of-state pork,” the group wrote, “Texas can dictate how California grows avocadoes and tomatoes.”

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The Argument in Carson v. Makin Unexpectedly Turns To Critical Race Theory

JonathanTurley

Almost a dozen states (including Idaho, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Arizona, and North Dakota) have passed legislation to bar CRT and roughly a dozen more are considering such legislation. A coalition of educators and public interest groups has sued states like Oklahoma over such laws. 20-1088.