Supreme Court Gives Pigs Space to Roam (or at least turn around) Hot off the Supreme Court press, the High Court affirmed the dismissal of National Pork Producers’ (NPP) and American Farm Bureau’s (AFB) challenge to a California animal welfare law known as Proposition 12. The law revised California’s standards for the in-state sale of eggs, veal, and pork – and as it concerns this case, the law forbid the in-state sale of pork that came from pigs that were “confined in a cruel manner.” Thus, among other things, sows were required to have at least 24 square feet of living space. As a practical matter, the law impacted the
