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Jim Sensenbrenner: “It seems clear that a prohibition on the instate sale of out-of-State pork from pigs born to sows housed in gestation…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
It seems clear that a prohibition on the instate sale of out-of-State pork from pigs born to sows housed in gestation stalls or any other housing system that might be outlawed is a restraint of trade of interstate commerce, and therefore a violation of the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Sensenbrenner argues that state regulations on pork sales violate interstate commerce laws.

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