Posted on 06/24/2005 7:44:17 AM PDT by skinbc
You are not alone.
You get the point!
I feel same as you...I could sew a flag......
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Thomas Jefferson
"That feeling was destroyed on Thursday. "
How? The use of eminent domain to take property (with compensation) is as old as the constitution. It's been done thousands upon thousands of times, including taking for use by other private owners. Just think of the great railroad expansion.
Some states have laws on the books making it illegal to take property from one private owner and transfer it to another private owner. Do you know what the laws are in your state?
This SCOTUS decision doesn't prevent states from limiting such eminent domain processes. If your state doesn't have these restrictions, then that's where your anger should go, frankly.
You do realize that you'd be compensated for any such eminent domain proceeding against your property, unlikely as that is to happen?
Continental army? How about some political activism?
We have a recourse: impeachment of the guilty justices. They violated their oaths. A show of guns is not the answer, even if unused. Note, you can't control every trigger finger.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Thomas Jefferson
I can't say people will revolt over this issue, but it is pushing people to the limit of what they will take.
Compensated=Paid. Most states have a clear route to this, and payment is to be made at the actual value of the property.
In Minnesota, where I live, you can take the folks to court to get what the property's worth, if you're not offered the proper amount.
For residential property, it's pretty simple to figure out, since homes are sold all the time. It's hard to fight with the prevailing prices of similar homes in similar neighborhoods, since the records exist.
Nobody's taking any property without compensation, and there is recourse if that compensation is not adequate.
Any state may pass laws that restrict eminent domain takings. Nothing the SCOTUS said limits that. If your state does not have such limits, then there's where to start.
http://www.petitiononline.com/lp001/petition.html
Petition for SCOTUS Impeachment
"Compensated=Paid. Most states have a clear route to this, and payment is to be made at the actual value of the property."
Check out the history of the term, "requisition". It used to mean the same thing. Not only that, why not demand fair compensation for the prices of other things? Food, medicine, etc?
In this case, eminent domain action was taken to give the property to developers, for a PRIVATE property project.
This was not done to benefit the public at large, as in a highway project that needs to come through your home.
This action was done to merely to increase municipal tax revenues. Keep in mind, the area beibng razed is NOT blighted.
That is a big difference.
My thoughts on the matter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1429452/posts
Joseph Farah seems to think along the same lines as you do. [Sigh.] He's calling for a Lexington and Concord. We can win this politically. There's already a call to overhaul the courts.
It is amazing the tolerance some will show toward obvious tyranny.
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