Thank You, Justice Strelnikov
Posted on 06/24/2005 5:11:41 AM PDT by beaureguard
My lib friends are freaked about this too...
Suddenly the activist judiciary is what we've been calling it all along
No one is safe
Another great point by Boortz! He nails it on the head all the time.
Exactly. If a local government wants to seize property to build an office park, the current owners of the property need to secure formal bids on their land from developers of luxury residential towers (or any other high-end land use) to serve as the basis of any negotiation for the value of the land.
If New London says my property is worth $150,000 under their "redevelopment scheme" and Big Expensive Sh!t, Inc. says they're willing to pay me $800,000 for it, then New London ought to pay me the $800,000.
You live in Washington so according to this article "use of eminent domain for private development [in Washington] is all but prohibited by law." You might want to check your local law and if necessary push for further protections against this sort of thing in your state.
A democrat would have done less damage.
Honestly, I'm not sure how much lobbying power any president has these days - at least where the judiciary's actions are concerned. We know the overall trend is to issue rulings based on foreign law, so this is just more incrementalism. At the moment, it seems like a damned big increment, but have a look here: UN Agenda 21
Check out more of the Clinton Legacy, four of five paragraphs from the top (indented). Then think about the unfettered immigration from the south, and the new interstate highway corridors being developed.
I feel like a Roman, watching the barbarians coming over the seventh hill.
Agreed.
I don't believe that for a minute. What we are is not organized.
Politics makes strange bedfellows.
Recall how, during the initial organization of labor in the US, the tactics of the management forced labor into the camp of La Cosa Nostra simply so they could compete on the same playing field.
Now envision 1000's of little zoning commissions behaving like Child-Protective-Services-on-Steriods.
The possibility of this turning ugly is very real.
Not all is lost. We can oust politicians who exercise e.d., we can boycott developers who use e.d. for their personal gain. We can elect congressmen who will amend the Constitution to RE-ADMIT the Bill of Rights. We can demand impeachment of black-robed mullahs who don't adhere to their sworn duties. And there is a lot more.
I understand one of the couples slated to lose their home in Conn. are in their '80's. My inlaws are in their 80's and have lived in the same house for 60 years. All they want is to live out their lives there. I can only imagine the devastation to my wife's family if this were happening to them.
I wouldn't want that amendment. Sometimes "takings" are necessary. For example sometimes roads need to be built or widened and almost every time that happens the government is going to have to take some property from people. The Constitution says they have to provide just compensation when they do that. That seems reasonable to me provided that's what is happening. Taking people's property so a developer can build a resort does not.
..and in addition to the nitwits being removed from office the case should be automatically retried. Anyone that decides against it should likewise be removed from the bench.
With the legal options to resist the corrupt actions of local officials no longer on the table that leaves us the Second Amendment.
I will only hope that the GOP will act to get an Amendment passed to protect individual rights. I doubt that they will, but I can hope.
Otherwise our only options to protect our homes from eminent domain abuse is to lock and load or leave. No one's home or property will be secure anymore.
And what would an amendment do? They are already ignoring the constitution!
An Amendment to limit eminent domain would compel the SCOTUS to defend property rights instead of assaulting them.
You can do all of those things, but be prepared to be relatively lonely. This isn't on any radar screen. Most of the country is reading the sports pages. Those who know about it will forget it in a few days.
The repeal of the first and forth amendments hardly caused a ripple, even on this site. Many here actually cheered.
I'm convinced that much of the ado on this site today is caused by the unpopularity of the court, not the actual decision. If Bush somehow did this, they would be attacking me like crazy for excoriating him for it.
The frog is cooked. And the people are watching the modern day version of bread and circuses.
I now believe the Republican Party best serves us.
I now believe the Republican Party best serves us (oops) as a minority party.
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