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Terrible News. US Supreme Court Strikes Down California "Downer Cow" Law

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A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court. California's (law) endeavors to regulate the same thing, at the same time, in the same place -- except by imposing different requirements. The FMIA expressly preempts such a state law.".

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Update on National Meat Association vs. Brown

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Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. The industry sued California, arguing that Section 599f is preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act.

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A Birder’s Guide To…INDOCTRINATION

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That said, not only I am astute observer of the avian, but of the human as well. No one, aside from your therapist, wants to spend time with a Debbie Downer. So today I wish to lecture upon how to convince people to come join our cause. Not everyone can spontaneously combust into the greatest birder of our generation, as I have.