Constitutional Law
Jul. 19, 2016
Supreme Court declined to hear San Francisco shark fin case this term
Does government regulation of a distinctive ethnic and cultural food item — shark fin soup — amount to unconstitutional race-based discrimination? By Christopher Yeh
Does government regulation of a distinctive ethnic and cultural food item amount to unconstitutional race-based discrimination? And does a state's regulation of that item run afoul of the Commerce Clause or a differing federal scheme? According to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, the answer is no.
The food item in this case is shark fin ? the key ingredient in shark fin soup, a traditional...
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