Senator Feinstein and property rights

Townhall.com ^ | November 10, 2003 | Thomas Sowell

[WaterDragon]

One of the reasons given by California's liberal Senator Dianne Feinstein for opposing the confirmation of state Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the federal judiciary is that Justice Brown has refused to put property rights on a lower plane than other constitutional rights and has criticized the destruction of property rights in San Francisco.

Senator Feinstein has said that it is "simply untrue" that property rights have been sacrificed in San Francisco. According to Senator Feinstein, private property "is alive and well" in San Francisco, "with property values making it one of the highest cost-of-living cities in the United States."

It might be humorous, if it were not so sad, that a senior United States Senator has so completely missed the point of discussions about the destruction of property rights that have been going on for decades in legal and intellectual circles.....(SNIP)

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[WaterDragon]

Here's Thomas Sowell's comments on the Californian liberal thieves, hedgetrimmer!

[John Valentine]

When I saw Feinstein's comments, I wondered what Sowell would have to say about them.

It always amazes me how economic ignoramuses do so well in the Democrat Party and with the public at large, and Diane Feinstein is certainly an economic ignoramus in spades.

[MayDay72]

...Bump...

[WaterDragon]

So was FDR and his intelligentsia economic ignoramuses....that's why we had years and years of the terrible Great Depression.

[samtheman]

The issue is not the prosperity of property owners, many of whom benefit enormously from the restrictions on building that cause the value of their own existing property to skyrocket. San Francisco property owners like Senator Feinstein have made out like bandits from these restrictions on property rights.

(From the column.)

[chainsaw]

"Justice Brown has refused to put property rights on a lower plane than other constitutional rights"

"According to Senator Feinstein, private property "is alive and well" in San Francisco"


Come again?

[hedgetrimmer]

Very good article. I'm going to bring this up when she runs for re-election. Thanks.

[hedgetrimmer]

Don't forget feinstein has made out like a bandit with the "free trade" protections of OPIC and the INF vis a vis her Shanghai investments. She's really good at making sure she legislates herself a fortune.

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[farmfriend]

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[farmfriend]

Dr. Sowell is right, she doesn't get it.

[E.G.C.]

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[NormsRevenge]

lol.. property rights and DiFi? LOL

Maybe we should send her a box of chocolate made FRom ingredients found in "Chocolate Mountain".