Supreme Court rules cities may seize homes

charlotte.com - AP ^ | Jun. 23, 2005 | HOPE YEN

[oblomov]

Kelo Amendment Blog http://kelo-amendment.blogspot.com/

[shellshocked]

Denver is also slowly turning into such a place.

[ellery]

Don't blame SCOTUS alone for this! This case began with the elected executives and legislators of New London stealing property. SCOTUS merely colludes with them.

Our problem is much bigger than judicial tyranny at this point. It is executive PLUS legislative PLUS judicial tyranny.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I am reminded of the 1850s, when things were escalating...

[Tench_Coxe]

This might be instructive:

Battle of Athens

[shellshocked]

bump

[AlexandriaDuke]

O'Reilly didn't even know what it is. Someone called in and O'Reilly just said, "what is this imminent domain thing about, anyway?" And that was pretty much it. Makes me sick. These guys don't even know when a huge issue like this hits us all in the face. They're still talking about the flag.

I actually spent 3 hours surfing between Hannity and Medved. Hannity mentioned it at the top and talked about it for the first segment of his second hour. That's the same amount of time he devoted to that Aruba girl. Of course, the rest of the show was devoted to ..... Mean Things Democrats Say About Us. He is beyond parody.

Medved didn't touch it. He worships the all powerful state, so I'd guess he's not troubled by the ruling.

At this point, "conservative" talk radio has a lot more to do with selling adjustable beds than it does conservative principles. That's just sad.

[FreeKeys]

For all his faults, the only radio personality who has been right on this all along is Alex Jones.

And NEAL BOORTZ, who has ALWAYS lambasted city governments for this kind of crap.

[STOCKHRSE]

Bump for later read....

[sergeantdave]

Thank you for your correct view on how to be an activist and take back our country.

May I paraphrase what you said:

All politics are local. Take over the local government and you control the politics.

[gitmo]

It will drive them up. They can force owners of $200K houses to sell to people who will build $500K houses. Tax revenues go up. Everyone is happy as clams.

[brityank]

Claire -- IT IS TIME !!



The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional.

[Neocon_too]

"Revolution, anyone?"

It may be coming faster than anyone thinks.

[af_vet_rr]

What can be done about this travesty of a decision?

Any resistance by homeowners who are directly threatened by this, such as those in CT, I have no doubt they'll be labeled "kooks" or possibly even "terrorists". There is nothing that can be done right now.

What can be done over the long haul, is to put actual Conservatives in Congress, and in the White House. Right now we have mostly pretenders, but nobody wants to risk losing an "R" in either the House or the Senate by splitting the vote between a liberal Republican and a Conservative.

[AlexandriaDuke]

Any resistance by homeowners who are directly threatened by this, such as those in CT, I have no doubt they'll be labeled "kooks" or possibly even "terrorists".

Yeah. I think today my house officially became a "compound". ;)

[Newbomb Turk]

Sad but true I can forsee armed conflict over this issue. I for one would take up arms to protect my land and home from any government official who thought he could make me part with it for the sake of some commercial venture.

I am sure there have to be a few more out there like me.

[pepperdog]

I feel for you, hope it doesn't happen. Maybe you should beat them to it and sell--if this ruling hasn't already doomed your property value.

[ellery]

Question: If Connecticut passed a law or Amendment prohibiting actions such as involved in this case, would it counteract the SCOTUS ruling?

Probably -- but they most likely won't. It's elected Connecticut lawmakers (specifically in New London, but probably with support of the governor and the state legislature) who fought in favor of this all the way to SCOTUS.

The place to start with this absolute BS is with our local and state elected officials who have no concept of property rights. The crap judges are secondary in this case.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

"Local officials, not federal judges, know best in deciding whether a development project will benefit the community, justices said."

"Federal justices are supposed to know best, and judge accordingly, when local officials are violating their Constitutionally protected civil liberties," GoPM said.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

"Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has been a key swing vote on many cases before the court, issued a stinging dissent. She argued that cities should not have unlimited authority to uproot families, even if they are provided compensation, simply to accommodate wealthy developers."

Should read:
"...wealthy developers, the Nature Conservancy, or the Parks/Forestry departments."