Hamstringing the Court

Obama’s “gang of thieves” added a measure to “protect Monsanto” from suits by adding an amendment to another law in the “dark of night.” “The rider, which is officially known as the Farmer Assurance Provision, has been derided by opponents of biotech lobbying as the ‘Monsanto Protection Act,’ as it would strip federal courts of the authority to immediately halt the planting and sale of genetically modified (GMO) seed crop regardless of any consumer health concerns.” Seems to me the courts could NEVER be DENIED the power to rule on ANYTHING. That’s their JOB.” The provision, also decried as a ‘biotech rider,’ should have gone through the Agricultural or Judiciary Committees for review. Instead, no hearings were held, and the piece was evidently unknown to most Democrats (who hold the majority in the Senate) prior to its approval as part of HR 993, the short-term funding bill that was approved to avoid a federal government shutdown. In other words, an ILLEGAL law to do an ILLEGAL thing: tell the courts it cannot rule on something. (RT Question More)