Do you have to turn over a % of your entire crop, free, to the USDA if you grow raisins? According to Uncle Sam ... yes.


http://reason.com/blog/2015/04/22/today-...ts-vs-usda

Check out the amicus briefs being filed on Horne's behalf:

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cas...culture-2/

Mar 9 2015 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Attorney General of Texas)
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurispurdence filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, and Thirty-Three Independent Raisin Growers filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amici curiae of Constitutional and Property Law Scholars filed.
Mar 9 2015 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Apr 8 2015 Brief amici curiae of Sun-Maid Growers of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CATO and IJ are the cleanup hitters of libertarian prosecution.


The CATO brief is pretty good and was filed jointly with the Reason Foundation, NFIB, Southeastern Legal Foundation, and the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.

Kagan got this a couple of years ago, rolled her eyes, sent it back down to the lower court. If the government doesnt have Kagan, they should have known for a couple of years that this was going to be a big-time loser for them.