Wisconsin Judge: No "Fundamental Right To Produce And Consume Foods"

[djv8ga]

Old, but an important ruling. The judge has since stepped down & took a job with Monsanto...no s%@t.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...-consume-foods

[merrylander]

It figures so his ruling will allow Monsanto to insist that the cows must use their growth hormone. In short Monsanto bought him outright.

[BlueStreak]

Totally ridiculous.

[CarlV]

Judge Fiedler went on to clarify his ruling further:

“no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or a dairy herd;

“no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow;

“no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to board their cow at the farm of a farmer;

“no, the … Plaintiffs’ private contract does not fall outside the scope of the State’s police power;

“no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice.”

While some of the points put forward by the judge are reasonable to an extent, points two and five are particularly disturbing to constitutionalists, as they propose severe limitations on personal rights.

Holy smokes, if that wasn't bought and paid for....


Carl

[donquixote99]

I suspect the ruling wasn't about growth hormone, but about pasteurization. The law says all milk sold by a farmer must be pasteurized. This was an attempt to evade that by having the consumer own the cow, board it with the farmer, and consume their own milk. Basically, the raw milk operation continues as before, except paper saying the consumer owns the cow and the milk is created, and the farmer doesn't sell milk, he gets paid for boarding the cow, and handling the milk.

Hard cases make bad law. If you just let farmers sell raw milk, some number of milk fever cases will result. Still, just make them put a warning label on it.