Wisconsin Judge Rules No Right to Own a Cow or Drink Its Milk
11th October 2011
In a decision denying basic property rights and even exceeding the FDA’s contempt for the rights of private contract and food freedom of choice, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. Fiedler has issued an order holding that owners of cows do not have a fundamental right to consume milk from their own cow.
In his opinion the Judge rejected out of hand the Zinniker plaintiffs’ argument that they had a fundamental right to possess, use and enjoy their property (including “a fundamental right to own a cow, and to use their cows in a manner that does not cause harm a third party”); he stated this claim was “wholly without merit.”
When I was a kid, this was a free country.
October 11th, 2011 at 06:04
This was never a free country in the way you propose, besides which you were never a kid.
Notwithstanding, the judge is an ass.
The ruling was probably based on some legal technicality, which I’m sure you can parse for us.
October 11th, 2011 at 10:44
I really fail to understand the gov’t’s objection to unpasteurized milk. More than that, I can’t understand why the general population is willing to allow the nanny state to continue to control more and more of our lives.