[Vinnie_Vidi_Vici]

I think we need to have a municipality seize a Supreme Court Justice's home to build a strip mall. THEN you'd see this crap come to a screeching halt.

[sergeantdave]

I scanned this SC decision, but here, I believe, is a key phrase:

Not only was the “use by the public” test difficult to administer .... but it proved to be impractical given the diverse and always evolving needs of society. Accordingly, when this Court began applying the Fifth Amendment to the States at the close of the 19th century, it embraced the broader and more natural interpretation of public use as “public purpose.”


Public purpose, of course, is nothing more than the American version of the Marxist "common good." Individual rights are now trumped by the interests of the common good, as we see it, says the court.

The courts, essentially, held a constitutional convention and changed the phrase "public use" into "public purpose."

Public purpose can mean anything, at any time, to anyone. Thus, private property has ceased to exist, as it can now be taken by government for any reason as defined by "public purpose."

This court decision can be boiled down to one sentence: "Welcome to the USSA - United Soviet Socialist America."

[solitas]

Five. Assholes. Plain and simple.

[JellyJam]

This is so un-American. Those justices should be ashamed of themselves. Bad justices, bad, bad, bad justices.

[Bullish]

This sucks to high heaven!

Especially since cities these days are run by some of the most corrupt, self serving liberals in the world.

[blueberry12]

CNN put up a poll on their website today: Who should be able to seize properties? Government, businesses, or no one. About 66% of voters said No one. That's quite a low number. But anyway, they took the poll down and replaced it with another question. I was surprised that they removed this poll so quickly.

[Checkers]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1574059&mesg_id=1574059

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1575546&mesg_id=1575546

DU, of all places, doesn't like the ruling.

[Vinnie_Vidi_Vici]

Perhaps the only way to fight this is with ludicrous extremes. The Governor of Massachusetts should announce his intent to acquire the Hyannisport area for use as the center of a windmill farm for alternative energy production. He could do the same for Nantucket Island for a Nuclear facility.

Think that would get a Constitutional Amendment rolling?

[Centurion2000]

Here's sopme more political fallout from this.
One) California's proposition 13 has just been effectively gutted to prevent the government from cranking up property taxes.

Two) Liberal states will NEVER enact property protections into their legislatures and state constitutions.

Example: You have a 2.5 million dollar home in San Francisco that you paid 400,000 for in 1990. You now pay say 600,000 in property taxes on it.
Now the city of San Francisco can condemn your house, pay you 120,000 (20% of tax base) and turn around and sell this land to another developer or even a real estate agent who will then sell it to someone that is going to pay 2.5 million in property tax rates.

People are going to get shot over this.

[shield]

FOR ALL TO SEE...
WHICH BLACK ROBES ARE WORKING FOR THE NWO!!!

HEY YOU DEMS THOSE ARE YOUR PICKS...I KNOW THAT RULING MADE YOUR DAY...

[dfwgator]

"There might be legal precedent! Of course, Landsnatching . . . land, land, Land, see Snatch. Ah, Hailie vs. United Sates. Hailie: 7, United States: nothing. You see, it can be done!"

[markedman]

What Qaeda could not do by smashing planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon buildings the Supreme Court was able to do with a handful of pieces of paper, that is to shake the very foundations of our Republic. Given the latest ruling it appears that we have more to fear from the Supreme Court than from Al Qaeda.

It seems that the Base Closings Commission was somewhat prescient in closing down the New London, CT Submarine Base. I can't think of a more fitting community to have the economic legs cut out from under them, just like they helped cut the Constitutional legs out from the rest of America.

And I think its time for Connecticut to change their license plate from the Constitution State to the ANTI Constitution state.

Bastages!

[CSM]

Hey Ray,

Isn't this your definition of capitalism? Why haven't you come on over for a little celebration of this decision?

[blueberry12]

Impeach the bad judges!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION:

http://www.petitiononline.com/lp001/petition.html

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.