In an important victory for our basic rights a judge has ruled for an Amish farmer against the state of Wisconson regarding Premise ID, a fundimental cornerstone of the government’s plan for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
Clark Co. Judge Rules in Favor of Amish in Premises ID Case
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 03/10/2010A decision has finally been made in the highly anticipated case in which the State of Wisconsin was trying to sue an Amish man for not following Wisconsin’s Livestock Premise Registration law. On Tuesday, Clark County Circuit Court Judge Jon Counsell ruled that Emanuel Miller Jr. of Loyal does have a ‘religious right’ to be exempt from the law, which requires anyone who keeps, houses, or co-mingles livestock to register their premises with the state.
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Meanwhile, an official with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture’s animal health division says he expects the state to appeal the ruling.The case at one time was referred to as the state’s first such prosecution, until a Polk County judge ruled in October that Patrick Monchilovich of Cumberland violated the four-year-old rule after he refused to register his premises. He was ordered to pay a $200 civil forfeiture and about $190 in court costs.
-WisonsinAgConnection
The state had the goal of persecuting farmers. Not prosecuting criminals but persecuting farmers. Thankfully one judge has put a stop to this nonsense. The USDA has said there will be no mandatory NAIS. Let’s see that reflected at the state level. It is time to cut government funding to the bone since they can’t seem to do anything better than attack citizens. No funds, no agents, no new regulations. When it comes to voting time, create deadlocks.
the USDA always says how they need rapid traceback in case of disease outbreak…how do they even know what will happen or how long it will really take to find infected animals (ever try to look for a cow that did not want to be found in just a few acres of woods?) Have they ever practiced a a mock outbreak traceback (other than computer simulation), like emergency crews do to be prepared for disaster, you know, the kind where the first responders rehearse what do in case of tornado or airplane crash and dress up everybody in bandages complete with fake blood and practice the responses …
Comment Esbee — March 11, 2010 @ 8:10 pm
See folks it can be done!This is where all your hard work pays off!
Its a great big step forward for us and a big slide down for NAIS!
I know I needed some good news and this will do nicely!
Sure these govicorp types will not just go away tonight…but a precident has been set and it cant but help us.
Congrats to all you in Wisconsin(and elsewhere) who worked so hard for this,I salute you!
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment LEE — March 11, 2010 @ 8:44 pm
I do not believe it. A US judge actually upheld the Constitution! WOW.
I am sure when they appeal they will find a judge who will side with the big corporations, although an appeal is “– a request, usually made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial court proceeding was conducted properly. To make such a request is “to appeal” or “to take an appeal.” definitions
The appeal does not retry the case it just determines if the trial was conducted correctly.
Comment Snazy snezy — March 12, 2010 @ 10:41 am