Posted on 06/23/2005 7:30:08 AM PDT by Helmholtz
U.S. Supreme Court says cities have broad powers to take property.
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If you don't like that, then you have to change your Constitution, not shoot up some petty officeholders. The latter will only make the government more oppressive, as people in authority use violence against authority as justification to more severely crack down.Perhaps the time will come when Americans realize that their Constitution of 1787 is a great document that has run its course, and the balance of powers in it places final authority in the wrong, unelected branch of government. To rebalance that will require substantially altering the US Constitution.
The Constitution needs no changing, just the legislative branch to get the balls to restrict the power the courts granted themselves in Marbury v Madison.
Sometimes one has to just stand one's ground and fight evil when it assails you.
This land was your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was stolen from you and me.
Corporations like WM already get huge tax breaks. First off, they get 10-year depreciation tax breaks that they write off every year, thus the empty boxes after a decade or so. In addition, they get the city to front traffic control and roadways, as well as infrastructure improvements. Then, they can send their profits right out of town to Delaware/Nevada (interchangable) and not pay a penny in taxes on them (other than sales tax). So, land-grabbing is but one more way we are subsidizing big boxes. Hello big business, meet gubmint.
My ancestors, both red and white, are all turning over in their respective graves tonight.
I believe MY red ancestors have been turning over in their graves...since...1492. :(
Because rare is the liberty Dimocrats don't want abrogated in the name of "safety," and few and far between are the personal freedoms they don't want to see curtailed "fuuurrr theee chiiiiiiildrennnn" (as long as those children have been born, that is: they're all for aborting as many kids as possible while they're still in their mother's womb).
The Dimocrat Party is, in sum and substance, the Anti-Freedom Party, period.
Andrew Jackson ignored the court and claimed a 'executive review'.
Lincoln, TR, FDR, Reagan also pushed executive power.
It was Marbury vs. Madison that established judicial review (not to be confused with brussels review :) )
It has never really accepted by most on Free Repub or Justice Thomas, who is an orginalist.
In addition, others (mark levin) would allow congress a 2/3 majority to overturn the court. Frankly, I would go for just a 60% majority.
NUTS!!!!!
That's certainly a different view on it.
Ahhh, we can only hope!!!
Gubmint milk, gubmint cheese, here we go!
I was on another thread about "solutions" but it was locked for some reason. So any ideas here on what to do?
The 100-year-old cemetery on Chene Street where my great-great-grandfather is buried couldn't be plowed over, so GM built an 8-foot high brick wall around it.
I know, it sucks. Here's the caveat:
WM (Costco, Sam's, Best Buy, yada yada) promise to provide X in sales tax revenue for town Y. Well, not exactly. These companies threaten to move to adjacent town Z if town Y doesn't ED the property that the company wants. So, the race is on between the cities and suburbs for who has the biggest tax breaks. Without regional jurisdiction/land-use planning, this kind of shiz will keep happening. Oh, and we'll be footing the bill.
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