[SerpentDove]

What will the President say about this? Nothing? How bout Bill Frist or John McCain?

Maybe "Private Property Rights" isn't an issue they care to invest their ""political capital" on? Too busy giving the country away to the illegals.

I hope I'm wrong, we'll see soon enough.

[300magnum]

The love of money is the root of all evil.

[Koblenz]

Every church can become a Walmart, every synagogue a Target, every mosque a Cosco... After all, these for-profit institutions provide much more to the community than faith-based institutions according to this SCOTUS ruling.

Sandra Day and Rehnquist may retire, but they were on the losing side anyway. And now that this decision has been written, it won't come up again. And if it did, Scalia would probably vote for it the next time, since Scalia rarely votes to overturn previous SCOTUS rulings. It's really sad that SCOTUS decided this way.

[george wythe]

"Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random," O'Connor wrote. "The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms."

O'Connor is so right. Our basic American rights are being trampled by the SCOTUS majority.

The good news is that SCOTUS decisions are reversible. I hope that President Bush gets a chance to nominate 3 or 4 justices with an ounce of common sense.

IMHO, this is not a conservative-versus-liberal issue. This decision ignores just basic American tradition and constitutional law. What is Kennedy doing voting with the majority?

[hocndoc]

Ping!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Forget about Zanzibar, Mugabe-come on over! /sarcasm

[Happy2BMe]

Slightly off topic, but not really. It all concerns American's rights to own their own property without the fear of government intimidation with the expectation their government will protect them from such things.

What would you do if you were these people living in these houses?

(If the right to own private property is no longer valid, what other rights are the next ones to be removed?)

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A divided Supreme Court ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses against their will for private development in a decision anxiously awaited in communities where economic growth conflicts with individual property rights.

Thursday's 5-4 ruling represented a defeat for some Connecticut residents whose homes are slated for destruction to make room for an office complex. They argued that cities have no right to take their land except for projects with a clear public use, such as roads or schools, or to revitalize blighted areas.

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ol•i•gar•chy
Pronunciation: 'ä-l&-"gär-kE, 'O-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -chies
Date: 1542
1 : government by the few
2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control
3 : an organization under oligarchic control

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Variant(s): also sov•ran•ty /-tE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English soverainte, from Middle French soveraineté, from Old French, from soverain
Date: 14th century
1 obsolete : supreme excellence or an example of it
2 a : supreme power especially over a body politic b : freedom from external control : AUTONOMY c : controlling influence
3 : one that is SOVEREIGN; especially : an autonomous state

[EdHallick]

Supreme Court rules cities may seize homes

Maybe now the libs will understand why we have a second amendment.

[montag813]

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

[Roccus]

Every property owner in the country who has a flag sould hang it upside down. It is a demonstration that will NOT go unnoticed.

[k2blader]

Kennedy and Souter were appointed by Reagan and Bush (41), respectively, so we can thank both parties for this.

[freepatriot32]

Rights, farms, environment ping.
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[Tench_Coxe]

I am predicting this will lead to violence. That's all I will say.

[oblomov]

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

[shellshocked]

bump

[STOCKHRSE]

Bump for later read....

[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."

[Alissa]

If this doesn't bring home the seriousness of judicial nominees to the American people, then I don't know what else will, especially in this age when American home ownership is higher than ever. This ought to wake up many to the detriment of the Dems.

[Iscool]

As long as you are forced to pay taxes on your property, it ain't your property...Yer just rentin...