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In response to a request from the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, the judge issued a clarification of his decision last week regarding his assessment of the constitutionality of food rights. The judge expanded on his original statement that such constitutional issues are “wholly without merit.”
As if to show how (mad) he was at being questioned, he said his decision translates further that “no, Plaintiffs to 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;”
And in a kind of exclamation point, he added this to his list of no-nos: “no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice…”
Originally posted by pause4thought
"Land of the free?"
And in a kind of exclamation point, he added this to his list of no-nos: “no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice…
Originally posted by Forgoten_Whisper
I have tried to look up the original case but as I have no experience doing so, it is proving difficult. I'm looking more into this and I find anything more I will post it here.
Originally posted by ArMaP
I understand that some things are not fundamental rights, but the right to eat what we want to, if it doesn't break any laws...