Posted on 09/19/2011 7:39:57 AM PDT by Daffynition
If a state Supreme Court judge approaches a journalist at a private dinner and says something newsworthy about an important decision, is the journalist free to publish the statement?
I faced that situation at a dinner honoring the Connecticut Supreme Court at the New Haven Lawn Club on May 11, 2010. That night I had delivered the keynote address on the U.S. Supreme Court's infamous 5-4 decision in Kelo v. New London. Susette Kelo was in the audience and I used the occasion to tell her personal story, as documented in my book "Little Pink House."
(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...
The Justice did nothing wrong.
Once the case is final, he can comment on whatever is public. Since the filings are public and the decision is public and the speech was public and the case was irrevocably decided, he can say whatever he wants.
Just another example of what government will do to you, if left unchecked.
Sorry. But I like my version better. ;-)
As I recall, our "conservative" voices paid zero attention as Kelo was being fought. Liberty doesn't sell adjustable beds.
That picture sums up the results of the efforts of the govt in most endeavors.
Whether the Kelo case has led to good statutory law is not a question for me or my court; so long as that law is constitutional, its merits are beyond the scope of our authority.That coupled with the idea that they don't want to hear from the people affected -- just their attorneys -- makes me question their whole raison d'etre. Does he mean that their decisions are arbitrary? Not to be influenced by potential events? Or by the effects on current residents?
I look at it as another instance of Crony Capitalism.
The real estate wrongly (and I maintain illegally) taken from its owners should be restored to them, their legal expenses repaid and all former owners given formal apologies for the pain and suffering they had to endure.
While this had an unhappy ending, I was, briefly involved in the MTOSA case in Long Branch, New Jersey, which had a happy ending. This is the pretty little working class neighborhood on the Jersey Shore that fought off a redevelopment-crazed Mayor and a rapacious developer. They won! Thanks in part to Suzette Kelo, the villianous Supreme Court and some decent people in America who were outraged by this story and fought it tooth and nail.
This is one area that I have found that conservatives, liberals and libertarians can come together. I’ve seen it happen.
Just wanted to put a happy spin on this terrible event in New London.
The cartoon makes it look like Pfizers fault.
I don’t know how liable Pfizer is, but the corporation did not take this woman’s home away. The government did. Washington said, government is a force, like fire. Pfizer could have done nothing to this woman without government abuse.
“Had I known all of what you just told us, I would have voted differently.”
If the justice was impartially interpreting the law I can’t imagine what was in his presentation that would have changed the Justice’s vote.
“they don’t want to hear from the people affected — just their attorneys ...”
This reaks ... if the attorney does watch what they say a judge can push the bar to revoke their law license. Nothing like corruption. Keep the sheeple in their huts, out of sight and inaudible.
Most attorney’s don’t give a sh!t about their client, just their clients money.
Speak for yourself. I was all over Kelo at the time and I read plenty of commentaries about it on conservative blogs.
IMHO the Kelo case was the worst decision since Dred Scott.
Noticed this in an associated article at the bottom:
Brooke Shields To Star In Movie Based On New London Eminent Domain Case
Yes, they are making a lifetime movie! My guess is the evil corporation will be painted as evil as the government, because we all know which way the network leans. However, I remember when this case was decided I took a trip over to DU and they were just so PUZZLED as to why THEIR half of the court voted against this poor woman. Didn’t the left stand for the poor?
They didn’t get it. The left stands for a powerful government control. DU seemed very confused.
"Blogs"! Where was talk radio? Fox News? Gay marriage was the big SCOTUS case for them. Kelo wasn't mentioned by them, or any politicians until after the verdict. Frankly, I think it's because the GOP establishment was all for it.
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