Has the Supreme Court Shown the Hand of Authoritarian Free Enterprise?

JimSinclair ^

[Happy2BMe]

The U.S.S.C. Oligarchy may have just cut off it's entire leg.

[poobear]

Powerful! Thanks for posting.

[Happy2BMe]

[thoughtomator]

Forgive me for using such an overused term, but doesn't "authoritarian free enterprise" mean the same thing as "corporatist fascism"?

[Happy2BMe]

This ruling is a show stopper. All bets are off.

Once people completely understand their Fifth Amendment rights have just been gutted and the sanctity of their home is up for grabs to the highest bidder, what reason do they have to continue paying property taxes?

[Cicero]

Free enterprise has nothing to do with it. Sure, there are corrupt businessmen ready to profit, but few people would venture to claim that Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg, Breyer, and Kennedy are spokesmen for free enterprise.

It's an alliance of corrupt politicians and corrupt businessmen. It's more in the line of Stalin or Hitler than Adam Smith.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It is my hope that this ruling will FINALLY cause the Democratic moderates and conservatives to wake up to the tyranny of the men and women in black.

[Blood of Tyrants]

You are right. The entire basis for this ruling has it's roots in the Communist Manifesto and the elimination of private property.

[jwalsh07]

July 5th Protest Rally in New London,CT to support Kelo plaintiffs

[poobear]

I never thought in my lifetime... This is a HUGE show stopper.

[longtermmemmory]

Lawyers see this AS THE HARD TIME discussed in the article!! This is an elites for elietes decision.


The time the public would accept this the author suggests is ALREADY HERE in the eyes of the left wingers who dominate the legal profession.


I just came from a Bar Conference and the vast majority of laywers and lawyers who are judges are very very very ANGRY that republicans are in charge.

[firewalk]

bttt

[Happy2BMe]

While the elitists rule from their private chambers from on high - America is being unraveled from the highest court in the land and being economically and socially crippled by an illegal alien invasion.

If our borders are not sovereign, why should our homes be either?

Terms, labels, and innuendos.

These are the important one . .

ol•i•gar•chy
Pronunciation: 'ä-l&-"gär-kE, 'O-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -chies
Date: 1542
1 : government by the few
2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control
3 : an organization under oligarchic control

sov•er•eign•ty
Variant(s): also sov•ran•ty /-tE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English soverainte, from Middle French soveraineté, from Old French, from soverain
Date: 14th century
1 obsolete : supreme excellence or an example of it
2 a : supreme power especially over a body politic b : freedom from external control : AUTONOMY c : controlling influence
3 : one that is SOVEREIGN; especially : an autonomous state

[Fred Hayek]

This ruling is not consistent with any concept of free enterprise. Under free enterprise, the developer should have negotiated directly with the owners instead of running to the government "oh please nanny government throw out those pesky little people so we can build on it."

Intersesting this all occurs close to the 4th of July.

[Dat Mon]

Great article and post!

This decision is a watershed in American politics. It is one of those defining moments whereby people reveal their true allegiances and motivations....the masks (and gloves) will come off.

IMO, it falls into a special class of political issues which are coming to the forefront of awareness. Illegal immigration is such an issue, as is Christian religious expression. They are unique in that they cut across traditional political lines. Many folks over at DU were just as upset at this ruling as we were.

I don't have general catchall names to describe these new categories. On one side...you have a populist, traditional, individual oriented American culture...on the other a corporatist, elitist, progressive culture...but its a bit more complicated than that in my view.

It is both a cultural as well as a psychological distinction.

[Gritty]

Main Entry: fas·cism
Pronunciation: 'fa-"shi-z&m also 'fa-"si-
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces
1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control

[Happy2BMe]

You've got the picture.

[expatpat]

Socialism allied with Big Business. Isn't that the definition of Fascism, per Mussolini, who invented it?

[Happy2BMe]

As word of this ruling trickles down into the deepest fiber of the American culture - there can be no doubt it will cause major unrest.

Think about the literally millions of homeowners throughout America who will now fall prey to greed.

All a city has to do is ANNEX A DESIRED PROPERTY INTO THE CITY LIMITS to confiscate it.

[expatpat]

If you quit paying your property taxes, you'll lose your property a lot faster than by Eminent Domain.