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Thursday, May 25, 2023
In a major victory for farm groups, the Supreme Court on Thursday significantly reduced the scope of the Clean Water Act as interpreted by the federal government, ruling that the law only regulates wetlands when they are “as a practical matter indistinguishable from waters of the United States.”
Leaders of the National Pork Producers Council expressed disappointment Friday with the Supreme Court’s narrow decision rejecting their arguments that California’s animal housing law unconstitutionally regulates the way hog farmers handle sows.
The Supreme Court has rejected the arguments of hog farmers that California’s Proposition 12, which bans the sales of pork coming from sows confined in gestation crates, violates the Constitution's Commerce Clause.
The Biden administration’s rule defining “waters of the U.S.” is no longer in effect in more than half the country as the result of a district court injunction issued Wednesday.
Capitol Hill lawmakers are enthused by the first step taken Monday in a lengthy process that could lead to a dispute panel under USMCA challenging Mexico’s efforts to block genetically modified corn imports from the U.S.
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by Tyson Foods that sought to have a case brought on behalf of four workers who died of COVID-19 heard in federal court.
“Uncertainty” was the word of the day at a congressional hearing Wednesday focused on the Biden Administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule and a pending Supreme Court decision addressing WOTUS.
Republicans are widely expected to win control of the House in today’s mid-term elections, and GOP chances of winning the Senate appeared to be rising as well in recent days.
A Florida Republican lawmakeris calling for a full assessment of the damage in Florida from Hurricane Ian, including extensive losses in the ag sector, before Congress passes a supplemental disaster bill.
Supreme Court justices are wrestling with how to balance California's concerns over animal welfare, reflected in the state's Proposition 12 standards, with the potential costs to out-of-state pork producers.
