By Ron Kiczenski: The following was found in one of groups and we thought it needed re-posted here
To protect natural seed we must restore and protect our natural human right to garden all natural seeds/plants for our own needs. If said rights are restored and protected and held by ‘the people’ outside of commercial jurisdiction it will make every individual into a fire wall that could then hold Monsanto et al accountable for any GMO cross pollination contamination of naturally occurring plants as defined in the text of Measure P. We as humans are at a pivotal crossroads in human evolution that not only impacts our species, but impacts every other species of plant and animal on earth.
The cannabis plant is a glaring sign post at this crossroads that will either point us to the ultimate answer to the GMO threat, or it will be the tool used by Monsanto et al to further solidify and further ‘justify’ their protections under law and their goals to privatize the food chain we all depend on to live.
In terms of ‘jurisdiction’, all current laws are what could be called ‘commerce’ or ‘commercial’ or even ‘corporate’ laws. These are laws rooted in the foundation of governments authority under the ‘commerce’ clause of the constitution, and in effort to make this long story short, such is why (imo) all efforts to ‘ban’ GMO’s will eventually be struck down through litigation.
We in the cannabis communities along with all the anti GMO and seed saving communities etc need to understand that the answer to protecting the natural world comes from asking the jurisdictional question of your individual human right to do for yourself.
In other words, there is a shelf in the constitution that is not only higher than the commerce clause, but is the highest shelf of law that exists in our constitutional contract and in fact is the very foundation upon which said contract was written and agreed upon etc. The highest shelf of law is the 9th amendment and it has never been engaged by ‘the people’ in the way that needs to be done at this time as exampled by the Measure P (Freedom to Garden Act) text and effort in Lake County Ca in the past election.
Though the specific words may slightly vary, every state has reproduced the federal 9th amendment in their state constitutions which when combined with the US constitutions 9th amendment as declared in the Measure P text becomes an area of law where ‘the people’ are the ultimate sovereign.
The Freedom to Garden Human Rights Restoration Act is now working with Americans for Cannabis and is asking all the anti GMO, seed saving, organic food and cannabis communities everywhere to join with us in working for truth, responsibility and fundamental human rights.
If you understand that the “legalization movement” was created and is propelled by corporate interests intent on solidifying government jurisdiction over all natural plants, thereby lending to the legal foundation needed for corporate control and privatization of the plants we all need to survive/live, then we hope you will join with us to stand up for the self evident unalienable human rights that you and every human is naturally endowed with when born into this interdependent web of life.
Restoring your natural human rights not only secures your right to take care of yourself to the best of your abilities, but it also protects all naturally occurring plants&seeds under the wing of your restored and protected human rights. Such protections of your rights and of natural plants&seeds creates liability for any cross pollination from genetically engineered crops (currently non existent in law) thereby making every individual into a firewall of protection between Monsanto et al and the natural world we are all born from and need to live.
Even “decriminalization” of cannabis is not sufficient because we must trim back governments assumed ‘god like’ jurisdiction over natural plants by reasserting our natural human rights to grow the natural plants of earth for our own needs/necessities if we are to have any realistic chance to stop Monsanto et al before they have genetically polluted/contaminated and achieved ‘legal’ control of the entire natural food chain.
Constitutionally, the US governments jurisdiction over plants&seeds should end with commerce (not reach into areas of doing for yourself) and such jurisdiction is to be exercised only in ways that enhances and protects your naturally endowed human rights and is never to be used for extinguishing said rights as it is being used for now due to the corporate take over/occupation of the US government.
We the people of the cannabis community of the US have the glaringly obvious opportunity/responsibility to repair this unjust abuse of law and power that is inherently self destructive to all humans the world over, but will we live up to that responsibility?
The US constitution has accounted for our one day needing to repair the circumstance we now collectively find ourselves in. The words we need to engage as ‘the people’ have always been there waiting for us and they reside under the 9th amendment in the federal constitution as well as being repeated in every state constitution I know of:
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
Those words when combined with any states reproduction of said words in their respective constitutions, give every ‘body’ legally recognized as ‘the people’ (even at the county level or any incorporated area within any county etc) the ability to repair these self evident human rights etc if you can vote such into your local laws as we attempted to do in LC California in the last election with the Freedom to Garden Human Rights Restoration Act. We are also currently in the process of further amending the text and If you need help amending the text to work in your local area please contact us and we will be glad to help.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/americans4repeal/
“If they control seed, they control food. They know it. It’s strategic. It’s more powerful than bombs, it’s more powerful than guns. This is the best way to control the populations of the world.” ~ Vandana Shiva
