An Open Letter to Justice Kennedy

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 24 June, 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

I know that Freepers consider this take-your-house decision to be represensible. I thought I ought to say something about it. The Supreme Court cannot disbar me for these remarks, because I resigned from their Bar a year ago. (See, "To the Supreme Court: I Quit.")

I believe y'all will appreciate this.

[marty60]

Waht really gets me is that a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE actually is begging your local lawyer to EXPLAIN HIS decision. IF he is admitting that he can't write a defensible decision, then he needs to immediately RESIGN, giving the reason of SHEER INCOMPETENCE.

[SAJ]

A hell of an essay/letter, John!

Multiple WTG!

[Gabz]

Well said, John.

[A.B.Normal]

Well said. One lawyer I can respect. Of the lawyers I have met, about 40% qualify as decent, ethical people. You seem to fit in that category. The other 60% include about 20% (of gross, no pun intended) who are decent, but caught up in the greed aspect of law. The other 40% are reprehensible, unethical, greedy pieces of.... well you know.

[nightdriver]

Right on, congersman!

There are five "justices" on the USSC who should be placed under arrest for betraying the public's trust, violation of oath of office, and malfeasance.

[feedback doctor]

John Armor is an author and civil rights attorney who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina

I haven't seen that other 'civil liberty' group, the aclu, jump to the defense of those who will surely be abused by this unconstitutional decision.

Billybob, that was a great letter.

[Bahbah]

a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE actually is begging your local lawyer to EXPLAIN HIS decision.

I'll be happy to explain it to anyone who asks, and even to those who don't. I will be honored to employ Congressman Billybob's excellent explanation in that effort. This decision violates the Constitution in the clearest way possible. It needs to be reversed post haste.

[neverdem]

Excellent, I hope you mail it to Kennedy and colleagues.

[MNnice]

You and the other Justices in the majority, jumped up and down on the Constitution with track shoes

I gotta use this.

[FreedomPoster]

Well said, sir. Bump.

[Ladysmith]

Thank YOU!!

I just posted that we need to put HUGE pressure on the SCOTUS to reverse their decision here. Get right back to the source of all this and correct it, rather than expecting the states to bandaid this gaping wound.

[marty60]

I'm not talking about normal people that went into shock at this outrage. I'm talking about HIS thought process. It is shockingly revealing.

[yoe]

"Framers sought to protect “life, liberty, and property.”

For the "public good" sounds more like "for the good of the developer."

Congressman B.B., you've hit the Kennedy nerve where it hurts - I hope!

Understanding Constitutional Law, is just as important as honoring an oath of office. The Justices who voted to trash the 5th Amendment are in flagrant violation of both! Impeach them!

[goldstategop]

Its not the appointments that matter. Its the unchecked power of judicial review that has turned our courts into a political battleground. To eliminate political controversies over judicial nominations, the power to decide on the constitutionality of laws must go. If all judges can do is carry out the laws as written, the Republic will be the better off for it. Just my thoughts on how to fix our out of control judiciary.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I find it very curious that Kennedy thinks the gov't cannot intrude into anything that happens in a person's bedroom EVER, yet, the gov't can swipe a person's bedroom, and the house attached to it, and give it to someone else anytime it wants. Weird! Where's a guy supposed to go commit adultery and sodomy and violate below age-of-consent persons if the government steals his bedroom?

I also find it strange that property is more protected from developers who would steal it IF endangered species -- BUGS -- dwell on the land than if humans do. Tell those property owners who are losing their land to go find an endangered species and get it to set-up housekeeping on their property. Then the developers won't want the land and the greedy gov't will have to look elsewhere for revenue.

The other think those property owners need to realize is that this is happening because of public dependency on government. If we-the-people weren't so dependent on gov't these days, gov't wouldn't need so stinking much "revenue."

[Bahbah]

I'm talking about HIS thought process. It is shockingly revealing.

I could not agree with you more.

[Paladin2]

Impeachment proceedings would be a good way to start. This case is also a gift to putting down any 'Rat objections to a more conservative bent of any SCOTUS nominations. I don't think the Senate 'Rats are going to like any discussion of this case given the positions of "their" SC justices.

[ALPAPilot]

Justice Stevens needs to be removed from office. In Gonzales v. Raich Justice Stevens effectivelly deleted the words" with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;" from section 8 of article 1. In Kelo v. New London the words "for public use" have been deleted from amendment 5. It is simply UNACCEPTABLE for sections of the Constitution nullified. If the Justices are incapable of sticking to the text, the congress should refuse to allow them to continue on the bench. It's that simple. Either we have a Constitution or we do not. If they cannot abide their oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" they should not be allowed to serve.

Article. III. Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour; Call or right your congremen and senators today.

[NormsRevenge]

BUMP'n it up!

and 'They' ain't done yet.

They will still rule on the 10 Commandments Suggestions before adjourning.