Charles T. Canady: “Given these pressures, farmers should not have to contend with government agencies that overstep regulatory boundaries…”

The important thing to understand, some people in the land use context do assert that they should have the right to the highest and best economic use of their property, but they do not, and they should not. Zoning has never permitted that…

The gentlewoman is certainly aware that the Supreme Court has required judicial bypass. And if a judicial bypass procedure is not available, the State law is invalid and unenforceable.

Under the laws of all the States, those individuals that the gentlewoman has specified would be enabled to go with the young woman to a judge for the judicial bypass. That is available under all the laws as required by the Supreme Court.

What is required is that there be a meaningful application and that these steps be gone through as they are permitted under the local process.