(Raleigh, N.C.) – Amendments to the “Right to Farm” Act  adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2017 (HB 467) and 2018 (SB 711) violate the state constitution by restricting fundamental property rights of residents and by giving a “private” benefit to industrial agricultural operations, and the hog industry in particular, license to commit nuisance and interfere with its neighbors use and enjoyment of their property, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights … Continue reading Civil Rights Group Challenges Constitutionality of NC Legislature’s Pro-Pollution and Anti-Citizen Farm Bill