context: It follows a fortiori from United Haulers that Kentucky must prevail. In United Haulers, we explained that a government function is not susceptible to standard dormant Commerce Clause scrutiny owing to its likely motivation by legitimate objectives distinct from the simple economic protectionism the Clause abhors.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 127 S.Ct. 1796, 1796
citation_a.parenthetical: "Laws favoring local government ... may be directed toward any number of legitimate goals unrelated to protectionism"
citation_a.sentence: See id., at 343,127 S.Ct., at 1796 (“Laws favoring local government ... may be directed toward any number of legitimate goals unrelated to protectionism”); see also id., at 344, 127 S.Ct., at 1796 (noting that “[w]e should be particularly hesitant to interfere ... under the guise of the Commerce Clause” where a local government engages in a traditional government function).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 127 S.Ct. 1796, 1796
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that "[w]e should be particularly hesitant to interfere ... under the guise of the Commerce Clause" where a local government engages in a traditional government function
citation_b.sentence: See id., at 343,127 S.Ct., at 1796 (“Laws favoring local government ... may be directed toward any number of legitimate goals unrelated to protectionism”); see also id., at 344, 127 S.Ct., at 1796 (noting that “[w]e should be particularly hesitant to interfere ... under the guise of the Commerce Clause” where a local government engages in a traditional government function).