Posted on 12/26/2015 3:05:17 PM PST by Olog-hai
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is embarking on a partnership with universities across the country in hopes of infusing its ranks with more diversity as it faces civil rights complaints from Latino farmers and ranchers.
But some members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are voicing frustration, saying the agency has been dragging its feet and has yet to adequately address their concerns.
The caucus had asked for a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in October, saying members received reports from constituents indicating significant civil rights violations and discrimination by the agency.
Caucus members also pointed to a 2013 review that found noncompliance with civil rights requirements and regulations by U.S. Forest Service offices in New Mexico and Colorado. ...
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what’s a Latino lawmakers? Who do they make laws for?
Thank goodness we have Susan Montoya Bryan to document these glaring, monumental injustices.
A new victimized group? Latino ranchers? Really?!!!
When is this nonsense going to end.
“A new victimized group? Latino ranchers? Really?!!!”
After what Harry Reid tried to pull the Republicans should run ads non stop.
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture is embarking on a partnership with universities across the country in hopes of infusing its ranks with more diversity as it faces civil rights complaints from Latino farmers and ranchers."
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponents Argument
The only civil rights that the states have delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to protect are those listed in the Bill of Rights, the 13th and 14th Amendments, and the four voting rights amendments (15th, 19th, 24th and 26th). (Numbered references to constitutional rights clauses that I missed are welcome.)
And since none of the personal protections referenced above reasonably deal with the so-called rights and protections that Latino ranchers and farmers might be looking for, the USDA evidently does not know what it is doing concerning this project imo.
In fact, a previous generation of state sovererignty-respecting justices had not only clarified in general that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate INTRAstate commerce, but the Court also singled out agricultural production as a specific example of such commerce.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphases added].” - Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited. None to regulate agricultural production is given, and therefore legislation by Congress for that purpose is forbidden [emphasis added].” - United States v. Butler, 1936.
Racism, plain and simple.
Latino lawmakers?
Racists
yeah right?
everybody who knows me knows i’m the WOP from NYC :)
Would have been very proud if Giuliani had won the nomination FIRST because I liked what he did here and second as a fellow descendant of Italians, it would have been nice.
But I wouldn’t vote for Cuomo with a gun to my head!!!
Hello. We are in AMERICA
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture ... hopes of infusing its ranks with more diversity”
Yeah, boy. There’ll be no increase in crop production but everyone can feel better about themselves. After all, self-esteem and affirmative action are what it’s all about.
Disgraceful...not a single transgendered Latino rancher in he entire country.How can it *be* that we’ve been feeding half the world for the last 100 years.
The Latinos are smelling Pigford: https://pjmedia.com/zombie/2010/07/27/pigford-v-glickman-86000-claims-from-39697-total-farmers/
Easy pickings from the USDA.
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