The Real Monsanto Protection Act: How The GMO Giant Corrupts Regulators And Consolidates Its Power

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/04/10/1832621/monsanto-protection-act-power/?mobile=nc

FROM APRIL 2013

Liberals and Tea Party members alike are up in arms over the so-called“Monsanto Protection Act,” a provision snuck into the emergency budget bill that essentially exempts biotech firms like Monsanto Company from judicial review. Now that President Obama has signed the law, Monsanto may plant genetically modified seeds even if a court of law orders them to stop. While this is blatantly unethical, and possibly unenforceable, the newfound public outrage over the Monsanto Protection Act ignores the fact that Monsanto has already been above the law for decades.