To the editor: As an animal welfare advocate, it’s troublesome for me to maintain a stage head whereas scripting this letter. My intuition is to make an emotional plea for the continued welfare of the now comparatively free-roaming chickens on this state to proceed, however that received’t assist (“Trump administration sues California over cage-free egg and animal welfare regulation,” July 10). As an alternative, let me level out that, in keeping with this text, even President Trump appointee Justice Neil M. Gorsuch voted to uphold our 2018 California state regulation in 2023. His rationale? The Supreme Court docket couldn’t discover this regulation to have been in violation of the Structure as a result of the intent was to not intrude with interstate commerce. Has something modified within the Structure since then?
However now, all of the sudden, Division of Justice legal professionals have determined to drag science out of their hats, claiming that there is no such thing as a proof, in keeping with “peer-reviewed revealed scientific literature,” that cage-free eggs are safer than these laid in cages. Isn’t it fascinating that this entity, which is run by Trump apologist and ally Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi, can cite science as a protection now whereas overlooking the anti-science actions of the president? Look no additional than the assault on our universities and the lack of funding for scientific analysis.
Even when Proposition 12 was permitted by voters in 2018 out of sheer concern for animals’ welfare, Humane Society Worldwide has cited a minimum of 15 scientific research that show the superior security of cage-free eggs. The DOJ shouldn’t be allowed to cherry-pick info that favors the views of a person who appears to hate science.
Anneke Mendiola, Santa Ana
