[Libloather]

One step at a time.

[SandRat]

Even the longest journey begins with the first step.

[Psycho_Bunny]

GW Bush lost me when he failed to lead this charge.

[JoeProBono]

[DoughtyOne]

Even the Mad Max is against that SCOTUS decision. Wow, it is a leap year isn’t it.

[Venturer]

I didn’t know the Congress could overturn a decision on the Constitution by the Supreme Court. I guess we learn something new every day.

If they can overturn a decision by the Supreme Court you would think they could overturn Recess appointmenst made by the President,. but they haven’t yet.

[tophat9000]

Went in the flying f--- did you ever ever think we would be on the same side as Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas).....the mind boggles !!!

[narses]

I agree with,,,, Maxine Waters? Yikes, I need a drink!

[newzjunkey]

"This is a Sensenbrenner-Waters bill," Sensenbrenner said. "You will never see another Sensenbrenner-Waters bill, and that is probably one of the best reasons to vote in favor of it."

Too funny! It's probably DOA in the Senate like everything else in the House of Hoodlum Harry.

[PGalt]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[editor-surveyor]

Notably, the properties taken from Kelo and her neighbors has not been developed, and sits idle, off the tax rolls.

[Publius6961]

Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) was the only member to speak against the bill. He argued that it has been seven years since the Kelo decision, and that many states have adjusted their own eminent domain laws in reaction.
"Congress should not now come charging in after seven years of work and presume to sit as a national zoning board, advocating to our national government the right to decide which states have gotten the balance right, and deciding which project are or are not appropriate," he said.

I'm not surprised that Conyers, the dimwit, runs off at the mouth about zoning. The right to property is one of the Constitutional pillars.

It's not a question of which should prevail arbitrary zoning rights or individual Constitutional rights. Zoning loses.

I do hope the new legislation makes it crystal clear that enhanced revenue to any government is not a "public good" such as highways, roads, police stations, libraries etc.