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Supreme Court Upholds California’s Prop 12, Protects Rights of States to Set Humane Treatment, Food Safety Rules
House Lawmakers Introduce FIGHT Act to Crack Down on Rampant and Illegal Dogfighting and Cockfighting Throughout the U.S.
ADD SOY Act Introduced in House, Would End Milk Mandate in Public Schools
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The issue is discussed by Wayne Pacelle, who was key in developing Prop 12, its predecessors in the state, and similar ballot initiatives across the country, and Kate Shultz Barton, AWA's senior attorney, who, along with colleague Scott Edwards, submitted amicus briefs to the Court, making legal arguments, some of which were adopted by the Court in the winning opinion.
Prop 12 and the Supreme Court: How Pigs Won the Day
After the National Pork Producers Council and others convinced the Supreme Court to hear their challenge to California’s Proposition 12, the Supreme Court dealt the ultimate lethal blow to their arguments and Prop 12 stands.
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