Posted on 06/24/2005 10:19:47 AM PDT by dead
Congratulations to all!
Ive been away for a few days, how have the liberals reacted to this ruling?
This is the End of Private Property in America.
And since Private Property is what enables our economy, one could say this is the beginning of the END period.
Next comes finding the 2nd amendment unconstitutional so that there will be no armed rebellion.
Dems have turned into 18th century Tories.
Whodathunkit.
We have a Constitutional right to teenagers getting abortions and murderers constantly getting new trials, but this Court saw no need to protect the rights of people to protect their property from government seizure. Oy.
"Ive been away for a few days, how have the liberals reacted to this ruling?"
DU is up in arms about it.
Unfortunately they are too stupid to apply their outrage to the already existing confiscatory schemes, like wealth redistribution tax policies, even though it's the same crap.
The Sierra club is feigning outrage, but one can only assume the silence of the left is a sign of glee. They have been trying to get all property into the hands of the state for decades.
"End period..."
I'm not so sure. The government has to pay for the property, first of all, and when they zone for businesses, those businesses require workers. Some places are just zoned wrong, filled with section-8 housing, crime-ridden, etc. So long as it is used sparingly and intelligently, it can be a good thing.
DUers hate it as well, but don't know what to think that the libs on the court are responsible for it. The NYTimes came out with an editorial in favor of it. Shows the traditional disconnect between the leaders and the 'masses'.
more on this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1429877/posts?page=1
The way I read the decision, the Supremes said it was a local decision and if they legislature wants to rein in the developers, they can.
The ruling does not preclude the state Legislature in Trenton from passing a law restricting the use of eminent domain.
This ruling is going to ensure each and every one of these legislators in Trenton much much nicer vacation homes down the Jersey shore, a new Lexus for the wife, and a few post-Ivy-league education years bumming around Europe for their kids.
I wandered over to DU (a stranger in a strange land moment for me). They are outraged by the decision. They are also disheartened that their "good liberal" justices voted for property confiscation while the "evil fascists" voted for property rights.
The Beverly Hillbillies of 2005 would lose their bubbling crude.
Notice how other states (PA, TX, CA, etc.) have introduced bills right away to limit eminent domain, while still other states (FL, UT, etc.) already have laws limiting it.
And where is NJ? Where is Forrester? (Is that the sound of silence I hear?)
Soft of like abortion in other words.....?
There is no guarentee of proper and fair payment. They pay you the going rate for a run-down cracker box house, and make mega-billions on the shopping malls placed on the property.
Yet we all know that the market, left to its own devices will properly reflect future earnings of a piece of property.
You're as cynical as I am about this ruling and the state of NJ!
Redistribution of wealth has begun and the rich will get richer thanks to five euro us supreme crt justices.
The NYT is involved in snagging some prime Manhattan real estate for its new headquarters.
Here in Austin the attourney general was already giggling with glee to apply this for a new downtown parking garage project where someone else already has a business.
"Those who rob from Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul". Writ nationally now.
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