THE SUPREME COURT HAS UNDERMINED IOWA’S SMALL FARMS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
In this study, we make the novel argument that the decline of small farms and rural communities has been, to a large degree, a result of Supreme Court and lower federal court decisions that favor corporate interests over those of small farmers.
Throughout the United States, and particularly in the Midwest, small farms and rural communities have been devastated over the past generation.
There has been less attention, however, to the role that federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have played in rural America’s demise.
"Agriculture is not the only industry in which the Supreme Court has sided, time and again, with big business against the interests of workers and everyday Americans, but it is a particularly glaring example of what happens when courts favor the rich and powerful over everyday citizens"
—Aaron Lehman, Tim Gannon, John Norris & Kurt Meyer
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