Supreme Court Voices Worries Over California Humane-Pork Law (1)

US Supreme Court justices worried aloud about the implications of a new California humane-pork law, asking whether it might open the way for other states to try to impose their moral values beyond their borders.

Hearing arguments for more than two hours in Washington, the justices suggested they might let a pork-industry challenge go forward without issuing a definitive ruling on the measure’s constitutionality.

The law, approved through a 2018 ballot initiative, bans the sale of pork in California unless pregnant pigs are allowed at least 24 square feet (2.2 square meters) of space. Industry groups say the practical effect ...