Men(ace) in Black? SCOTUS goes Rogue...

various FR links & stories | 03-03-05 | the heavy equipment guy

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 High Court Rules Against Farmers in Water Dispute -- Why should the federal government make good on contracts it makes?
Aren't they above the law?

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 Eminent domain: Taking from Peter to give to Paul(This wasn't supposed to happen here) -- One of the characteristics of a facist state: Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

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We had thought O'Connor was getting bad, but with recent rulings, Kennedy has proven to have become far worse. It seems he is always with the liberal wing of the court anymore.

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Ruling triggers anger, worry in Lee[County] (Cities drooling over eminent domain)

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High court's property decision stirs anger

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 Kiss Your House Goodbye (From now on no one's property is safe...) -- I am as outraged at this decision as in anything that has transpired in politics in the last 30 years. I can guarantee you that all over the country the developers are looking at properties to take even as I type this.  Your home has a beautiful view. It's otherwise a modest home. Rich publicly connected dude gets your house condemned so he can build a nice expensive house with your view - all in the name of the public good... He's paying 10 times the property taxes you know...

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 New! Improved! Asset Forfeiture for Everyone

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 Property Rights Died Yesterday (Bob Lonsberry) -- the proposed major highway/pipeline/communications project down here in Texas is going to be affected by this ruling. A LOT of farmers/ranchers were vehemently opposed to having their land taken buy eminent domain, but now will not have a legal basis to resist

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Eminent Domain Ruling Labeled 'a Horrible Precedent'

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THE END OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS

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 The Consensus is Anger, Time for a Call to Action! (Eminent Domain Ruling) -- So...what action? Local action, as always. Are the idiots in your state or town trying to take people's property in this way? Throw the bums out. It's that simple. Start with your city, then your county, then your state. The feds aren't coming for your house. It's your elected neighbors who are doing this. So stop them.

 

 Kelo Case: One Giant Leap Toward Fascist America

 

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 Supreme Court Begins Dismantling Bill of Rights - (destruction, nullification of 5th amendment)

 

 Where's the outrage from the politicans over yesterdays Supreme Court ruling? KELO VS. NEW LONDON

 

 Some Homeowners Vow To Stay Despite Ruling Against Them - But few options seem available -- Maybe in the "ownership society", we are what's owned.

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 Definition of Eminent Domain -- "What sort of banana republic have we become?"

 One with lots of monkeys that vote the bananas are an entitlement.

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 Riverfront up for grabs?

 

 Impeach the Unconstitutional 5. (Vanity) -- News Flash: "President to Consult With Dems on Supreme Court Nominees."

 I give up. I'm staying home next election day; voting does no good at all. Either Republicans don't have a clue how to fight for their cause, or they've coldly decided to write conservatives off and veer to the middle.

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 My letter to my Senators (re: Flag Burning, Eminent Domain ruling, and Freedom) (VANITY) -- The recent ruling of the Supreme Court has many people more than just worried. Many fear for the one of the very things they hold most dear, their homes. Homes some have worked a lifetime for, raised children in, had holidays, grandchildren even generations, only to have a private developer come in under authority of the city, take your land, raze your home to the ground and build a shopping center. All under the auspices of tax revenue. The sad part? It is completely legal, based on a ruling from the highest court in the land.

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 Liberalism bulldozes over society's little platoons (Supreme Court on Property Rights)

[PigRigger]

"Either Republicans don't have a clue how to fight for their cause, or they've coldly decided to write conservatives off and veer to the middle....." orrrrr the Repubs and the Dems are more alike than you think.

In the end they will look out for each other before they look out for us.

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 Acquisitions fueled a rebirth (Blight For All approves of SCOTUS property rights decision)

 

 Indianapolis, Indiana rushes to use SC ruling to sieze property

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Someday, the decisions will be 5-4 in our favor.

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 The Death of "Just Compensation" -- That point was made by a caller to Rush's show today and it is exactly right. What happens if you acquire a parcel of land to put a store on and someone makes a much richer offer for the same ground, the city council can use eminent domain to take your ground away from you. Nasty stuff all of this is!