June 7, 2021
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speech and religious liberty, unless
they were enshrined in the Constitu-
tion. Madison and other heavy-
weights, including Alexander
Hamilton and James Wilson, op-
posed the idea and argued that a Bill
of Rights that enumerated some
rights would imply that those not
enumerated did not exist. The
prospect of an unintentional omission
would be dangerous, since it might
imply governmental authority that
was not conferred by the Constitu-
tion. Advocates of a Bill of Rights
pointed out that this specific problem
already existed in the draft of the
Constitution, which protected liberty
from religious tests and bills of at-
tainder, among others, but not the
great, magisterial rights such as
speech, religion, trial by jury and due
process of law.
Madison and others recognized
the weakness of their position and
proposed to remedy it with the addi-
tion of a Bill of Rights, after the Con-
stitution was ratified by the
sovereign people. In his marvelous
speech on June 8, Madison intro-
duced the Ninth Amendment to pro-
tect against the very concern that he
had expressed in the Convention.
Thus, the language, “other rights re-
tained by the people,” made it clear
that the people enjoyed rights not
maybe discuss it again this fall when
school Starts again.”
In other policing news, Gustafson
noted the county jail is averaging 30
inmates a day while still operating as
a 90-day facility. The jail has also
started receiving inmates from the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
which is critical for the county. The
county and BIA have a contract in
which the county gets paid to house
BIA inmates.
Gustafson concluded by saying
jail administrator Dan Kraft has been
doing a good job since starting last
month.
“I love the way it’s going with
Dan,” Gustafson said.
The commission also listened to a
report regarding a wind tower farm
located in the northeast comer of the
county.
Officials from Excel Energy re—
ported to the commission of plans to
"reipower‘the: existing" facility. The
current” wind "farm conSists of 75
wind turbines.
New technology would extend the
project’s life for decades, reduce en—
ergy costs for customers, create jobs
cause that had some moisture in
when they planted but this year as a
whole is creating a lot of stress.”
Miller explained the biggest is-
sues are two fold. Either some crops
are simply failing to even germinate
or some that did were clipped about
two weeks ago when temperatures
fell below freezing.
“It’s been one small step forward
followed by two bigger steps back,”
Miller noted. “Some of the hay crop
will be nonexistent and for the live-
stock, there’s simply very little grass
to eat.”
Despite the unusuallyvdry condi-
tions, Miller said it did not alter farm-
ers normal seeding rotations.
“Most everyone stuck with their
typical rotation, which consisted of
wheat, peas, canola and soybeans. A
few seeded more peas because they
can handled the cold weather we had
Mystery
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enumerated. And, whatever else 1t
might mean it is clear that the Bill of
Rights was not exhaustive of the
rights enjoyed by the people.
While we cannot be certain what
rights Madison had in mind, he pref-
aced his introduction of the Bill of
Rights by stating the need to [secure
“the great rights of mankind.” Madi-
son’s approach was creative. Indeed,
no precedent for it existed. He may
have included freedom of speech in
that category, for he did not list it as
an enumerated right. A friendly
amendment to his motion, by his fel-
low Virginian, George Mason, con-
verted free speech to an enumerated
right. Madison, moreover, may have
had in mind protection for “natural
rights,” which he believed preexisted
government and were separate from
those that were derived from the
Constitution. Also, he probably had
in mind the concept of “positive
rights,” those practices and activities
that were familiar to Americans but '
Commission
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and increase the amount of renew-
able energy generated with the latest
technology. '
Construction on the re-powering
project isn’t expected to start until
2024. In addition to communicating
with the commission, officialsfrom
Xcel Energy are making similar pre—
sentations to landowners who will be
affected.
Of all the changes made the most
noticeable might be currently seen by
anyone looking towards that corner
of the county in the nighttime hours.
Currently a flashiofredjcanbe seen
for miles indicating the center of .the
tower. Officials plan on installing an
aircraft detection lighting system
which would in turn, only turn the
lights on when an aircraft is within a
certain radius of the farm.
Drought
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early but otherwise , not much
changed.” _
The news, however, hasn’t been
all bad for area growers. Those who
still had grain to sell did enjoy a
modest increase in prices compared
to years past. As of last Wednesday,
wheat was selling for $7.28 while
canola was at $29.60 and flax was an
even $14.00. Soybeans were down a
little from over the winter months but
were sill up from lows last year and
were selling for $13.38.
Those prices, however, are a re-
flection of last year’s harvest. Miller
said what is coming in the upcoming
months is what’s most concerning for
area farmers. He said the 30-day out-
look for moisture wasn’t painting a
very wet picture.
.“I’ve been here since 1996 and
this is the worst I’ve ever seen it, in
terms of drought cenditions,” Miller
not prohlbited by law, including, per-
haps, the right to hunt and fish, and
the right not to be taxed except by
consent through one’s representa—
tives, the right to refuse military serv-
ice on grounds of
conscience and, important to all, the
right to pursue happiness.
Discussion of the rights embodied
in the Ninth Amendment can go on,
endlessly, and it likely will. How can
it be otherwise in a nation committed
to limited governmental power?
Adler is president of The Alturas
Institute, created to advance Ameri-
can Democracy through promotion
of the Constitution, civic education,
equal protection and gender equality.
Send questions about the Consti-
tution to Dr. Adler at NDWTPCol-
umn@gmail.com and he will attempt
to answer them in subsequent
columns. This column is provided by
the North Dakota Newspaper Asso-
ciation and Humanities North
Dakota.
Lastly, commission Craig Poitra
provided an update on the Rolette
County Housing Authority.‘ Poitra is
currently on the housing authority
board and reported the group is mak-
ing progress on several fronts.
According to Poitra, the board is
hiring an accountant as well as new
staff. He said the agency obtained a
Paycheck Protection, Program (PPP)
loan from Turtle Mountain State
Bank and will be renovating units in
Dunseith. The board has also applied
for a $250,000 grant which would be
used tomake security improvements.
Poitra said the ultimate goal of the
board is to increase occupancy in the
units, which is currently less than 50
percent. Poitra said the board would
like to have as many as 90 percent of
the units occupied.
explained. “The last drought that was
like this was in 1988 and that broke a
lot of people. What’s going on now
reminds me of that.”
Growers have been running into a
few other random obstacles this
spring. Last year’s COVID—19 pan—
demic shut down much of the coun-
try. Although farmers continued to
operate mostly like normal, the shut-
downs across the country are being
felt in Rolette County. Miller said
parts to repair broken machinery are
becoming incredibly hard to find.
Some farmers have waited as long as
a month to get the parts they need to
simply fix what they already own.
Added all up and it’s given produc-
ers several reasons to worry.
“I hate to sound all doom and
gloom all the time but things just
don’t look very promising right
now,” Miller concluded.
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