Tocqueville knew of the delicate power of the courts, and warned that corruption of judges and lack of perfect like integrity would endanger the balance and the country.
By the way, China has no land ownership, local villages distribute contracts of usage. We are aligning our laws and precedents with codes of the Socialist law.
Our precedent are deliberately pre-codified. It's a socialist orchestration by lawyers. The city knew they would get a pass at the Supreme court from inside sources and knowledge of the way the law schools are shaping the legal culture lately towards precodification.
This is a serious blow to common law too with dangerous consequences. It also threaten the Union as localities may invariably rule against properties owned by outofstaters, as well as force other states to enforce alleged property "violations" done in pro-land-grab states, at the expense of "free states"' business and good relations with good people.
Someone get us rid of scummy lawyers on political, communist and corporate shakedowns payroll.
Anyone know how the move to seize Souters house and turn it into a hotel is going. I hope that is completed.