John Scott Duarte: “So it is interesting at times to understand some of the investigations and things that we need to write new laws for, or…”

“So it is interesting at times to understand some of the investigations and things that we need to write new laws for, or we claim we need to write new laws because one politician does this or his son does that. We can't possibly need new laws to prosecute some of this corruption. I was prosecuted for planting wheat in a wheat field during a global food crisis. My family purchased a property up in Tehama County, in Congressman LaMalfa's district and planted wheat where wheat had been grown many times before. The Army Corps of Engineers thought we were doing something different. The field agent drove by and gave it a windshield test and said, hey, you are deep ripping. You are not cultivating 4 to 7 inches deep; you are cultivating 3 to 5 feet deep. No, we are not. Come out and look at it. Wouldn't come out, wouldn't look at it, wouldn't take our invitation. Next February, he files a cease and desist order and tells us we can't harvest our crop of wheat. We asked for a hearing. The Army Corps of Engineers didn't have time to give us a hearing; barely had time to drive by and look at what they thought they saw out the windshield. The Pacific Legal Foundation, a pro bono civil rights law firm for many, many property owners and clients around America, representing the Sackett and the current WOTUS cases at the Supreme Court, took up our case as a due process Fifth Amendment case. They can't tell you you can't farm your land without giving you a hearing.…”