WI Judge to Zinniker, FTCLDF: No "Fundamental Right" to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk

The Complete Patient ^ | Thursday, September 15, 2011 | Staff

[bkopto]

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.

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As if to show how pissed 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..."

You have to wonder if maybe even the regulators are getting a tad uncomfortable with the rulings coming from the nation's judiciary on food rights. Many of these individuals, biased as they are against raw milk, dabble in farming to some extent, or grew up on farms. This judge has gone way beyond what many of them have come to assume--that everyone has the right to own a cow and consume its milk Even in places that ban raw milk sales, there's nearly always a provision in state law that anyone who owns a cow has the right to consume its milk.

It seems Judge Fiedler is saying it's not a "fundamental right," but rather a right granted us by the state.

[kt56]

“This judge should be afraid to ride in anything other than an armored car.

That’s what AP is for. :)

[AwesomePossum]

I don't speak, read or write Russian, but I believe the poster accompanying your reply is an attack on the "rich". A kulak was a farmer characterized by the communists as too wealthy. I believe the "villain" in the propaganda poster was a kulak.......

The communists killed or enslaved the kulaks and put the peasants in charge of the farms. The peasants lacked the know-how of making the soil and animals productive...........translation: mass famine..........

The peasants thought that the commies were doing them a favor.........they were just being used and controlled........like you said......

8:}

P.S. I went to your FReeper About Page........darn righteous........

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

But there is a fundamental right to the tree of liberty.

Nice place to find a hanging judge.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

[thecodont]

This is insane.

[CharacterCounts]

You are referring to zoning laws. These do not limit your right to own a cow, merely where you can possess it. There are no zoning laws that limit your right to own.