Supreme Court rule for Florida property owner in land use case

Reuters ^ | Jonathan Stempel and Lawrence Hurley

[fifedom]

the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said a Florida property owner may be owed compensation from a government agency that declined to award him a development permit for his land.

[fifedom]

Finally a piece of good news. A water agency in Florida wanted to extort a fee from a property owner to use his land. They were going to use the money for a purpose unrelated to the parcel of land. The scary part is that this was another 5-4 vote. Pray every night for the health of Justices Thomas, Alito, Scalia, Roberts, and Kennedy.

[schm0e]

this is news.

[1rudeboy]

[Justice] Kagan said the majority "threatens to subject a vast array of land-use regulations, applied daily in states and localities throughout the country, to heightened constitutional scrutiny. I would not embark on so unwise an adventure."

[Still Thinking]

"threatens to subject a vast array of land-use regulations, applied daily in states and localities throughout the country, to heightened constitutional scrutiny. I would not embark on so unwise an adventure."

I bet you wouldn't, ho. Note how trouble and anguish imposed upon inanimate regulations is considered a drawback, but burying real people (the ones with jobs, not the governmental parasites) under mountains of regulation isn't problematic.

[LibertarianLiz]

this is news.

Considering the ongoing attack on property rights by the EPA; Yes!, this is news.

[Ray76]

Kagan should not be on ANY court.

[Southack]

This ruling is good news.

California agencies routinely require cell phone companies to make neighborhood improvements in exchange for tower permits, so they stand to get hit...and phone companies have deep pockets to make those hits.

Some permits departments nationwide require home Builders to develop off-site low-income units in exchange for permits, too.

[skinkinthegrass]

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[BJ1]

[Justice] Kagan said the majority "threatens to subject a vast array of land-use regulations, applied daily in states and localities throughout the country, to heightened constitutional scrutiny. I would not embark on so unwise an adventure."

What is she so afraid of? I mean the vast array of land-use that she speaks of is all constitutional? right?

[camle]

sounds like extortion - if you wanna do something, ya gotta do something fer me, first!

glad it was overturned...this could end up being VERY good for peaceful landowners

[Carry_Okie]

[Justice] Kagan said the majority "threatens to subject a vast array of land-use regulations, applied daily in states and localities throughout the country, to heightened constitutional scrutiny. I would not embark on so unwise an adventure."

Justice Kagan moronically presumes that "no use" is good for the land and that the almighty bureaucracy is serious about environmental productivity. Neither is true.

[Standing Wolf]

[Justice] Kagan said the majority "threatens to subject a vast array of land-use regulations, applied daily in states and localities throughout the country, to heightened constitutional scrutiny. I would not embark on so unwise an adventure."

Heaven forbid regulators should ever suffer constitutional scrutiny!

[CivilWarBrewing]

It appears as though SCOTUS is in damage control mode over their 0bamacare decision.

[ScottinVA]

Oh, how could we... subject a fast array of land-use regulations, applied daily in states and localities throughout the country, to heightened constitutional scrutiny?

Good God, the horror of applying the CONSTITUTION!

Somebody.. something.. take those creatures back to where they came from.

[bamahead]

Certainly we can’t fathom troubling the poor little statist bureaucrats to actually defend their regulatory monstrosities, now can we??!?

Oh...the horror!

[longtermmemmory]

Kagan is unqualified to have been in law school. She is example number one for what is wrong with quotas.

[longtermmemmory]

Kagan is afraid that redistribution of money via permit extortion will end.

[manc]

Kagen , from Harvard and the far left kook wing to the SCOTUS, you can’t even make it up.

All this is , is a plant in the court to let Obama know what is going on

[manc]

we have DOMA coming up and if the court goes against us then tens of millions of votes and voters will be thrown away and states rights have gone.

Maybe they are getting ready to allow sham homosexual marriage

[SilverMine]

Kagan said the majority "threatens to subject a vast array of land-use regulations, applied daily in states and localities throughout the country, to heightened constitutional scrutiny. I would not embark on so unwise an adventure."

Kagan needs to put aside her copy of Agenda 21 and try reading the US Constitution for once.