Posted on 12/14/2019 10:40:50 AM PST by BenLurkin
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Louisiana said the economy surrounding alligators has played a key role in bringing back the American alligator population and is an important factor in protecting wetlands and other species besides alligators that depend on the wetlands.
“California has nevertheless attempted to destroy the market for American alligator products notwithstanding the fact that no such alligators live in California," the lawsuit says.
According to The Times-Picayune/the New Orleans Advocate, California banned alligator skins and meats in the 1970s but repeatedly issued exceptions that allowed sales. The newspaper reports that the most recent exemption expires on Jan. 1 of next year, and this time California's legislature did not pass another exemption. The newspaper reports the alligator ban was backed by a coalition of animal rights and environmental groups.
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...so I’m thinking ‘transporter busses...San Francisco...water...rogue ‘gators, sidewalk campers...
Isn’t there language in the Constitution that forbids States from erecting barriers to trade with other States?
Reports on species migration indicate alligators came to America thru Mexico. So if alligators could vote in California they would outnumber Asians at this point.
California is run by idiots.
I’d like to hear what Amos Moses and Polk Salad Annie have to say about this.
For quite a few years it has been called the "Dormant" Commerce Clause, because the Supreme Court has refused to uphold its original meaning.
Yeah. Just let nature take its course. That's what it's all about, isn't it?
Well ... all the Cajun GIs stationed at bases within Der Stadt Kaliphookery, will just have to have “an’ all o’ems” send those tasty tails on dry ice via UPS!!
Yes, there is the Commerce Clause:
3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
Which also means the States do not have the power to regulate commerce with other States.
So for example, Michigan cannot prohibit the import of cars from California while allowing sales of cars built in Michigan.
But it's generally interpreted to allow a State to entirely prohibit sales of something, as long as the prohibition doesn't discriminate against things made out of State.
That's important, for example, in the era of marijuana legalization.
California will soon be the last republic of the USSR to collapse under its own weight, seventh biggest economy and all.
Also the swimming pool of Hollywood, Beverly Hills, etc.
Just ship the gators to San Francisco and other CA places with homeless populations. The gators can then have a feast and clean up the streets at the same time.
Interesting. When one state directly sues another (which is very rare), the case is tried directly by the Supreme Court who is judge and jury.
Go woke, try and make others go broke. I think a tar and feathering should be in their future.imho.
Fried alligator is quite the delicacy— whenever we visit New Orleans we order it at Coop’s Place, a wonderful cajun dive on Decatur St., near the French Market.
It’s delicious! I highly recommend it, but the tastiness of the meat depends on the ‘gator’s own diet.
So, no, I wouldn’t recommend feeding the homeless to alligators.
Start seeding Kalifornia sewers with baby gators....
Chomp, chomp.
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