Raw Food Co-op Is Raided in California

New York Times ^ | 8/4/11 | Ian Lovett

[DManA]

Anyone who hears that rabbit story and their blood doesn’t boil that is NOT an American. Throwing off this oppression should be the centerpiece of the GOP campaign.

[familyop]

"...the feds may inconceivably have taken an unexpected step in a surprising direction - exceeding their authority. Who would have guessed that the humble and civil Obama Regime would have overstepped their bounds..."

They were local, which is typical--not feds.

[freekitty]

This has never made sense to me. I thought the Libs loved organic.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Isn’t breast milk served unpasteurized to INFANTS?

Why aren’t the SWAT teams protecting these innocent children!

[Smokin' Joe]

But this week, the police cleared the shelves of Rawesome, an establishment in Venice Beach, loading $70,000 of raw, organic produce and dairy products on the back of a flatbed truck

But if they're cleared, they'll bring it all back, right?

/s...

[catbertz]

I care nothing for this raw movement, but raiding these clubs/markets with guns drawn is just rediculous. When will the camels back break?

[Ken H]

According to Justice Scalia, the feds may legitimately do this:

...the authority to enact laws necessary and proper for the regulation of interstate commerce is not limited to laws governing intrastate activities that substantially affect interstate commerce. Where necessary to make a regulation of interstate commerce effective, Congress may regulate even those intrastate activities that do not themselves substantially affect interstate commerce.

J. Scalia, Gonzales v Raich

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Justice Thomas says that's bunk:

Respondents Diane Monson and Angel Raich use marijuana that has never been bought or sold, that has never crossed state lines, and that has had no demonstrable effect on the national market for marijuana. If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything, and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.

J. Thomas, Gonzales v Raich

[Impy]

No license, so this is probably them being upset they didn’t get their license fee and their bribes.

All about the Benjamins.

[Vaduz]

Because it’s the illegal aliens who sell food to health food stores,.Trust me you don’t see many people selling goat’s milk here in the LA area.

[bert]

Feds? The article seems to involve California police and California law