(2) When federal food safety and humane handling regulations specify that animals (here, swine) which are or become nonambulatory on federally inspected premises are to be separated and held for observation and further disease inspection, did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that a state criminal law which requires that such animals not be held for observation and disease inspection, but instead be immediately euthanized, was not preempted by the FMIA? [read post]

Pix Credit hereEven though I do not find it plausible that the military operation is being conducted withgenocidal intent, I voted in favour of the measures indicated by the Court. [read post]

One has a sense of Chinese intentions in this regard by its initial initiatives within the UN Human Rights Council (On the Internationalization of China's "New Era" Theory: Brief Thoughts on the UN Human Rights Council Resolution: "On promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights" (A/HRC/37/L.36). [read post]

The committee will hear testimony from Nikki Clowers, the managing director of the health care team at the Government Accountability Office; Julie Gerberding, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; Luciana Borio, the former director for medical and biodefense preparedness at the National Security Council; and Asha George, the executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on… [read post]