US Lawmaker Slams Monsanto Provision in Fast Track Bill for TPP

[Faryn Balyncd]

13. When the framers wrote the 10th Amendment, did they have the Monsanto Provision in mind?

That is, when they wrote, in the Bill of Rights:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Tenth+Amendment

... did they really mean to say:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF "TRADE" DEALS, in which case not only will all federal laws (including health, safety, labor, environmental, and labeling) previously passed by Congress that now conflicts with the trade deal will be overridden by the terms of the "trade" deal, but any law or regulation by any state, local government, or previously legal action by the people, which conflicts with the "trade" deal will be immediately overridden by the terms of the "trade" deal.

Moreover, if the "trade" deal is submitted to the Congress of these United States under "Fast Track", then the members of Congress shall vote on the entire "trade" bill, including provisions which effect patent law, copyright law, labor law, environmental law, health law, safety law, and product labeling, up or down, without amendment, and without delay."


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Is that what Madison had in mind?


Did the framers envision a Monsanto Provision invalidating state and local laws, including food safety and food labeling, on the basis of a "trade" deal arranged by negotiators who viewed state and local food safety and/or food labeling laws a "trade" barrier?