I'd actually be interested at what the DUmmies over at DU have to say about this...
Once LaRaza gets enough political clout they can condemn
CA, AZ, NM, CO, TX and evict the citizenry..:)
Right.
Generally, many liberals fear big business and many conservatives fear big government.
This ruling expands big government AND gives big business more options.
Often the two are seen in conflict.
But one thing is clear: the "little guy" is getting the short end, from someone.
An overly simple analysis, I know, but maybe a start . . .
President Reagan made a huge error in not fighting harder for Robert Bork.
Didn't the pigs say,"Four legs good, two legs better?"
No, the decision is very democratic. Sometimes democracy just sucks.
The decision is left up to the elected representatives of the local governments. That's democratic. We can get our state governments to pass laws to limit the practice. That's also democratic.
The court might have ruled that these takings were prohibited, which may have been the right decision, but it wouldn't have been a democratic one.
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It's time to put in CONSERVATIVE JUDGES who give a crap about people and not government or private projects. Disgusting.
Take a look at the opinion polls on illegal immigration. Most show that about 80% of the American public wants it stopped so that includes a majority of the folks on the other side of the political divide.
The common thread between these two issues is that the common folks are pitted against the elites. The elites benefit from illegal immigration and they benefit from property takings through eminent domain. There are not many politicians looking out for the little guys in either politcal party and we are getting shafted.
If I were those five be-robed liberals, I wouldn't be counting on any sort of favorable legacy. These fools may well be remembered as placing the final straw on the pile of straws representing a long line of federal court transgressions against the constitutional rights of American citizens.
As an institution, the SCOTUS will now be considered just as bad as the Legislative branch, and one no longer posessing the moral authority to continue.
Hello, Supreme Court! Knock! Knock! Hey, is anybody home? Tell us why this has been going on for decades? I thought we folks established goobernment to prosescute property theft. Oh, I get it. Don't hear any cases on this for 20-30 years and then justify your decision claiming it's an 'ancient custom.'
Well guess what? It's an ancient custom to change governments when the people wake up find themselves living under tyranny.
Did the Supremes make the land grabbers bullet proof?
Ping to myself