On the Matter of Justice Souter’s House

From Sea to Shining Sea ^ | 2/3/06 | Purple Mountains

[PurpleMountains]

Justice Souter, of course, is one of the Supreme Court Justices who voted to empower all levels of government with a new power - the power to take by force private property and turn it over to another private owner. This is the essence of the Kelo vs. New London decision. This changed the Constitution from allowing the taking of private property for a public “use” (i.e. a road, a bridge, a school) to the taking of private property for a public “benefit” (i.e. a condominium or a shopping center).

A young man named Logan Darrow Clements has taken it upon himself to lead a crusade to go to Justice Souter’s home town in New Hampshire and have his (Souter’s) home taken by eminent domain in order to become a hotel. He has already gotten the 25 signatures he needed to put the measure on the ballot in March of this year. In fact, nine of ten people approached in Justice Souter’s home town of Weare were willing to sign.

[Tigsnort]

I hope he loses his house.

[kingu]

I'd love to comment on the article, if you'd post it. Excerpting your own work just strikes me as a cheat - you're using this board to dig for site visits.

Personally, from reading the start, it reads quite good. I'd think you'd get ten times the amount of useful comments by not excerpting yourself. Heck, I've even put some bloggers on my start page because they have useful things to say, and don't play these games.