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U.S. District Court Judge Orders ~~~
Suspension of NAIS!
On June 4, 2008, the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia,
ordered the Department of Agriculture to suspend its plan to identify
and document every animal in the U.S.
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) was to have been
fully implemented by June 9, 2009. It is now on hold indefinitely.
The ruling came as a result of a lawsuit; Mary-Louise Zanoni v. United
States Department of Agriculture. Ms. Zanoni, an upstate New York
attorney has been a vocal and persistent leader in the fight against
the NAIS that opponents believe would lead to more government
regulation and less personal freedom.
NAIS was never legitimized by Congress. USDA just proceeded to shove
it down an unwilling publicâ?Ts throat.
Several state cattlemenâ?Ts associations have also accused USDA of
â?oregistering premises without the consent of the owners, helping
themselv
es to statesâ?T agriculture databases and harassing young 4-H
kids. These groups have formally requested leaders of the Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to stop NAIS and hold
oversight hearings on USDAâ?Ts movements.
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund filed suit July 14, 2008, in
the same federal district court (with the same judge presiding that
suspended NAIS in June) to stop USDA and the Michigan Department of
Agriculture to cease and desist any further implementation of NAIS.
The suit also charges USDA has never published NAIS rules, a violation
of the Federal Administrative Procedures Act, has never performed an
Environmental Impact Statement or Assessment and is in violation of
religious freedoms guaranteed by the Religious Freedom Restoration
Act.
Increasingly, federal and state bureaucracies are blatantly trying to
force unpa
l atable programs on citizens without bothering to follow the
laws. This victory should be a reminder to the higher-ups that this is
a nation of citizens, not subjects
Suspension of NAIS!
On June 4, 2008, the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia,
ordered the Department of Agriculture to suspend its plan to identify
and document every animal in the U.S.
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) was to have been
fully implemented by June 9, 2009. It is now on hold indefinitely.
The ruling came as a result of a lawsuit; Mary-Louise Zanoni v. United
States Department of Agriculture. Ms. Zanoni, an upstate New York
attorney has been a vocal and persistent leader in the fight against
the NAIS that opponents believe would lead to more government
regulation and less personal freedom.
NAIS was never legitimized by Congress. USDA just proceeded to shove
it down an unwilling publicâ?Ts throat.
Several state cattlemenâ?Ts associations have also accused USDA of
â?oregistering premises without the consent of the owners, helping
themselv
es to statesâ?T agriculture databases and harassing young 4-H
kids. These groups have formally requested leaders of the Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to stop NAIS and hold
oversight hearings on USDAâ?Ts movements.
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund filed suit July 14, 2008, in
the same federal district court (with the same judge presiding that
suspended NAIS in June) to stop USDA and the Michigan Department of
Agriculture to cease and desist any further implementation of NAIS.
The suit also charges USDA has never published NAIS rules, a violation
of the Federal Administrative Procedures Act, has never performed an
Environmental Impact Statement or Assessment and is in violation of
religious freedoms guaranteed by the Religious Freedom Restoration
Act.
Increasingly, federal and state bureaucracies are blatantly trying to
force unpa
l atable programs on citizens without bothering to follow the
laws. This victory should be a reminder to the higher-ups that this is
a nation of citizens, not subjects




