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To: Political Junkie Too
No one said not to fight back. I'm simply spreading a little realism around here. The Court will not save us. Simple majorities, even substantial majorities, will not save us.

And as for the notion that people like their health care, that may be true, but the change in the health care policies themselves don't come for several years.

94 posted on 12/24/2009 11:17:12 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: LS
How do we shame the Court into doing the right thing?

You cited Kelo, well, we now have the benefit of hindsight to throw back in the Court's face that they were playing the same speculation game that New London was playing by saying that it was okay to take private property, not for more "efficient" use as you said, but for more profitable use by way of increased taxes.

New London was speculating on a future proposed business deal, and the Court accepted the premise of betting on the future as just as good as a government plan to build a road or school. It turned out that the business backed out of the deal and New London was left with an abandoned property that was sanctioned by the highest Court in the land.

How do we throw that back at the Court and admonish them to not make the same mistake twice?

-PJ

96 posted on 12/24/2009 11:24:57 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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