Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has joined a brief asking a federal appeals court to hear the challenge against California’s Proposition 12 which sets strict hog-housing regulations impacting Oklahoma pork producers. Drummond and the other attorneys general contend California’s regulation violates the Dorman Commerce Clause, the Import-Export Clause, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause.
“Californians have every right to set laws impacting their own state, but they should not be able to dictate how hog farmers in Oklahoma raise their pigs. Proposition 12 is a textbook example of excessive regulations that burden farmers with exorbitant costs,” Drummond said.
Oklahoma’s pork industry employees more than 23,000.
The brief is being led by the Iowa Attorney General. Twenty-two other states have joined.
