The justices also turned down a request from Texas to weigh in on the private nondelegation doctrine, a principle that bars Congress from delegating its legislative powers to other entities – but with three justices indicating that they would like to address the issue in a future case.
The justices granted review in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, a case arising from a challenge to a California law that makes the sale of pork in California contingent on compliance with conditions that virtually no existing commercial farms meet – specifically, that the pig from which the pork derives was born to a sow who was housed in a 24-square-foot space and could turn around freely without touching any barriers.