The Spectator P.M. Ep. 127: Minnesota Legislators Debate the ‘Inherent Rights’ of Rice - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Legislators debate whether state law should recognize 'inherent right' of wild rice to 'exist and thrive'

Share This StoryShould state law recognize that certain plants have “inherent rights” to exist? That became an intensely debated topic among legislators and testifiers during a hearing in the Minnesota Senate last week. A bill making the rounds at the Capitol that would increase environmental protections for uncultivated wild rice across the state also includes a provision that would make it the “policy of the state to recognize the inherent rig…

The Spectator P.M. Ep. 127: Minnesota Legislators Debate the ‘Inherent Rights’ of Rice - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

A Minnesota bill that recognizes “the inherent right of uncultivated wild rice to exist and thrive” was hotly debated by legislators and witnesses last week.

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