[muawiyah]

Look, there are situations for which the Second Amendment was designed.

It just didn't occur to anyone in Connecticut that this was one. Instead, they went to court and got screwed by the lawyers and the judges.

Gotta' hand it to the fascists like Ginsburg ~ they know their victims eh?!

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Even if (x conservative president) managed to put a majority of originalist judges in the SCOTUS, would that make a difference?


I can't help but feel that the final line.......... the line of no return.......... has been crossed.

[Dog Gone]

My retirement plans definitely include leaving the coutnry. I can still vote abroad to help.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Free Republic Opinion Poll: Do you agree with today's SCOTUS ruling that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses against their will for private development?

Composite Opinion
Hell NO!	89.9%		1,273
No	7.8%		110
Yes	1.1%		15
Pass	0.8%		11
Undecided	0.5%		7
	100.1%		1,416
Member Opinion
Hell NO!	89.9%		1,048
No	7.6%		89
Yes	1.0%		12
Pass	0.9%		10
Undecided	0.6%		7
	100.0%		1,166
Non-Member Opinion
Hell NO!	90.0%		225
No	8.4%		21
Yes	1.2%		3
Pass	0.4%		1
Undecided	0.0%		0
	100.0%		250

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[GreyFriar]

While the court majority defenders will declare that the court sided with "Big Business" it has actaully sided with the goals of a communist state where there are no individual property rights.

Perhaps this will be the straw that will break the people's back in wanting to have liberals incharge of the supreme court.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

D-Day (Bruce McGill): War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.

Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!

Otter (Tim Matheson): [whispering] Germans?

Boon (Peter Riegert): Forget it, he's rolling.

Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... [thinks hard] the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go! [runs out, alone; then returns] What the f**k happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my a** from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer -

Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

Bluto: We're just the guys to do it.

D-Day: Let's do it.

Bluto: LET'S DO IT!!

[ellery]

The elected officials in Connecticut (and in your town) are the people stealing property, and fighting for their theivery in the courts. SCOTUS merely colluded with them.

Simple solution: throw out any and all elected thieves! Getting new judges is secondary.

[MJY1288]

You can bet that the phone lines between local Govt Liberals and their big Developer Pals are burning up tonight. They are probably already picking their targets. Christian Churches, GOP owned offices, mom & pop small businesses, and poor neighborhoods.

[Altair333]

"right now the thought of leaving the country seriously sounds like a good idea."

And go where? Any country worth going to (e.g. Australia) has really tough immigration requirements.

[Jubal Harshaw]

I was with you in terms of thinking of leaving the country. However, on further reflection, I believe that this decision will have no (yes, I said "no") significant effect on large parts of the country. In particular, I am thinking of those states with an initiative process.

I predict that, in those states with an initiative process (including the most populous state in the USA, California), there will be an amendment to the state constitution drafted, circulated, voted in, and in place within the next election cycle. I further predict that such an amendment will make it even harder for state and local governments to excersise eminent domain than it was before today.

In California, Tom McClintock has already said that he's going to introduce such an amendment, and my guess it that such an amendment will likely win handily. Since I live in CA, and am pretty much committed to staying in states with an initiative process, I am not as upset about this ruling as I was this afternoon.

[firequarrel]

My thoughts? I think if the GOP hadn't embraced the religious right we wouldn't have had any problem getting conservative judges on the bench. But since the GOP has much of the country afraid they'll make abortion illegal this is what we get. Incidentally, the conservative Pat Robertson has jumped on the bandwagon to Make Poverty History. The only problem, the proposals will ensure its permanence. Aren't these moral pseudo-conservatives special? Click on Cameron Diaz's picture to see the video with Pat Robertson.

[blueberry12]

I say America is still the best country in the world. And even if they changed all the laws and brought in communism, America would still be the best country in the world, because of the people. The American people (most of them) have a different way of thinking than the rest of the world, and that's what sets America apart from the world. Go to any country in the world and you will not meet anyone who thinks like Americans do. Americans are the most courteous and generous people on the face of this planet. They have more common sense than the rest of the world combined.

[blueberry12]

The United States is the greatest force for good
the world has ever known.

[beyond the sea]

What are your words/thoughts on the loss of your private property rights?

This is sick!

This country is dying. This ruling makes me physically ill.

[blueberry12]

Impeach the bad judges!

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