Eminent Domain Activists Target Souter

AP via MyWay News ^ | Jan 21, 7:17 PM (ET) | KATHY McCORMACK

[Flifuss]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Angered by a Supreme Court ruling that gave local governments more power to seize people's homes for economic development, a group of activists is trying to get one of the court's justices evicted from his own home.

The group, led by a California man, wants Justice David Souter's home seized to build an inn called the "Lost Liberty Hotel."

[Flifuss]

Justice Souter, whats good for the goose is good for the gander.

Justice O'Connor said it best in her dissenting opinion in the now infamous Kleto v City of New London case when she wrote on page 5 of her dissent "But were the political branches the sole arbiters of the public-private distinction, the Public Use Clause would amount to little more than hortatory fluff."

[bikepacker67]

Bill Quigley, Weare deputy police chief, said if protesters show up, they're going to be told to stay across the street from a dirt road that leads to Souter's brown farmhouse, which is more than 200 years old. It isn't known whether Souter will be home.

"They're obviously not going to be allowed on Justice Souter's property," he said. "There's no reason for anybody to go down that road unless they live on that road, and we know the residents that live there.

This is interesting.

Is this a private road. I can understand them keeping protestors off Souter's property, but not allowing them to go the road?

[Flifuss]

I like the name "Lost Liberty Hotel."

How about Hortatory Fluff Hotel.

:)

[Gay State Conservative]

Is this a private road. I can understand them keeping protestors off Souter's property,but not allowing them to go the road?

A road can be private property just as a house or a yard can be.But don't fear,the town can also seize the road the road from the not-so-distinguished "Justice" Souter.

[RGSpincich]

The flagrantly pro abortion clown who put this together is an attention whore. This project is ill conceived and will never see the light of day. Property rights legislation will not be served by this circus act.

[originalbuckeye]

Personally, I would like to see this happen to ALL the lefty Justices who voted for New London in the Kelo vs. New London decision. I don't like the Eminent Domain right of the Government anyway. But I do understand when the taking is in the best interest for PUBLIC use. Not simply to create a larger tax base for the community. This decision is terrible and should be oveturned immediately.