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Supreme Court says program that takes raisins from farmers is unconstitutional
AP ^ | June 22, 2015 — 9:30am | AP

Posted on 06/22/2015 7:46:00 AM PDT by monkeyshine

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says a program that lets the government take raisins away from farmers to help reduce supply and boost market prices is unconstitutional.

The justice said Monday that forcing raisin growers to give up part of their annual crop without full payment is an illegal confiscation of private property.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; communism; confiscation; economics; eminentdomainabuse; govttheft; pricecontrols; property; propertyrights; raisins; scotus; scotusraisins; theft; usda
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To: monkeyshine

It was a blatant violation of the 4th and 5th Amendments. Too bad this had to go all the way to the Supreme Court.


101 posted on 06/22/2015 5:43:39 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous Islamists.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

SCOTUS.


102 posted on 06/22/2015 6:43:46 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: MrB

Would Sotomayor’s dissent be called “SOUR GRAPES”?


103 posted on 06/22/2015 7:42:08 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: monkeyshine

I would go far enough to say that it would be justifiable, at least in my mind, to remove the thieves by any means necessary. But that would be foolish, because then the government would come down on you? So what can a little guy do? Absolutely nothing.

The reason we left GBR. That things like this have gone on proves that our government is not what it is intended to be.
The founders put into place a system that would protect itself from corruption. The only problem is they didn’t consider what would happen when all 3 branches became corrupted, and the people were complacent in their Tyranny. What can you do at that point? Even if we weren’t complacent, would it even matter?


104 posted on 06/22/2015 10:28:49 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: All

USDA is just the administrator...raisin farmers themselves created the “Raisin Marketing Order” in the the late 1940’s: http://iv.ucdavis.edu/files/24419.pdf and http://raisins.org

“The Raisin Administrative Committee is a federal marketing order, led by 47 growers, packers and a public member. The RAC is directly overseen by the United States Department of Agriculture and was created in 1949 as a result of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

The Raisin Administrative Committee meets regularly at our headquarters in downtown Fresno, employs a staff of 17, collects and distributes delivery data weekly, shipment data monthly, publishes an annual report of industry statistics and policies, actively and directly markets into 15 foreign nations, and collaborates with the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.

What we offer:
Statistics, data and reports regarding all of the above, as well as historic information and data originating in 1949...”


105 posted on 06/22/2015 10:59:06 PM PDT by Drago
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To: monkeyshine

The supreme court should strike down every single law on the books pertaining to what farmers can grow, where, and the quantity.

Congress should also rescind whatever law they passed in which they decided burning food as fuel was a good idea. That needs to go too.


106 posted on 06/22/2015 11:08:52 PM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls, out Sept 4th, 2015)
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To: NonValueAdded

Her argument was that since only a portion of their property was taken, this was not a taking of their property.


107 posted on 06/23/2015 5:43:19 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: NonValueAdded

Her argument was that since only a portion of their property was taken, this was not a taking of their property.


108 posted on 06/23/2015 5:43:19 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: monkeyshine

can the farmers now sue to recover the loss on previous takings?


109 posted on 06/23/2015 5:48:18 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: monkeyshine
The best quote is from Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion:
To the extent that the Committee is not taking the raisins “for public use,” having the Court of Appeals calculate “just compensation” in this case would be a fruitless exercise.

Raisins...fruitless exercise...LOL!
110 posted on 06/23/2015 7:44:04 AM PDT by xeno
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To: wastedyears

I agree completely.


111 posted on 06/23/2015 8:15:05 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: GeronL

Being forced into a Union seems like a contradiction to me as well.


112 posted on 06/23/2015 9:21:58 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: monkeyshine

113 posted on 06/23/2015 2:30:48 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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