[Road Warrior ‘04]

As I see it, even if Kennedy would have voted in the affirmative against the socialists/communists, the lower courts ruling would have stood! Bring it up again when Kennedy and Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg take dirt naps! (I would have said 'when they leave', but I don't think either is going anywhere, voluntarily, soon)

Regardless, IMHO, the ruling is WRONG!

[TexasGator]

“Regardless, IMHO, the ruling is WRONG! “

All justices agreed that it was the correct legal decision.

Roberts: The Court today holds that the regulation does not effect ataking that requires just compensation. This bottom-line conclusion does not trouble me; the majority presents a fair case that the Murrs can still make good use of bothlots, and that the ordinance is a commonplace tool topreserve scenic areas, such as the Lower St. Croix River, for the benefit of landowners and the public alike.

Thomas: I join THE CHIEF JUSTICE’s dissent because it correctly applies this Court’s regulatory takings precedents, whichno party has asked us to reconsider. The Court, however, has never purported to ground those