The interesting dog-that-didn’t-bark on California’s most recent wave of consumer-focused regulation is the Supreme Court. The stereotypical view of the Court

The interesting dog-that-didn’t-bark on California’s most recent wave of consumer-focused regulation is the Supreme Court. The stereotypical view of the Court majority as a bunch of right-wing corporatists doesn’t hang together in this instance: They’ve rejected the so-called “dormant Commerce Clause” in a case centered around CA’s ethically raised pork standards, and generally seem unconcerned with arbitrary 50-state regulation of commerce so long as Congress has not chosen to intervene.