Posted on 06/23/2005 7:30:08 AM PDT by Helmholtz
U.S. Supreme Court says cities have broad powers to take property.
It won't matter. No matter how awful the precedent, Scalia will stand by it.
You have got to be kidding? No way Bush does anything and no way Congress does anything. Government just took away private property in the usa and believe making government will not give it back.
We are no longer a free people, we are now living in tyranny. Not quite a communist state, not quite a fascist state but definitely not a free republic. If you think about the power government has taken under GOP rule, with the WOD and the WOT, you would never vote GOP again.
This is unbelievable.
I can gues how the 5-4 split went. Ginsberg, O'Connor, Souter, Stevens, Breyer on the side of allowing property to be seized for economic development and Rhenquist, Thomas, Kennedy, and Scalia against.
Rhenquist (80) will be the next to retire and them probably Stevens (85).
Wow this is a great ruling. I have seen a couple of houses I would not mind owning. Now thanks to this if I claim I plan on fixing them up and upping the taxable value I can just kick the owners out and move right in. What? Only the Government can steal private property, what a bummer. Guess I'll just stay where I am.
disgusting.
look for more tax grabs in the future.
bill of rights? What bill of rights?
LOL
Don't hold your breath.
O'Conner
Rehnquist
Thomas
Scalia
were on the side of the Constitution.
Kennedy joined the liberals.
Frankly, I fear that may happen with the Ten Commandments ruling next week. We have to have both swing votes for the Ten Commandments to be upheld, and I have to say, I think that highly unlikely.
And the file-sharing ruling, in which they may decide that the Betamax decision is moot and now the technology is to blame for law-breaking instead of the people.
I saw on 'Dateline' the other night that it is legal to purchase and own a .50 caliber long gun in all 50 states (although California looks poised to outlaw them). I don't know why I thought of that just now. Sorry for going off topic.
“Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you. We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”These words, which reflect true socialism, were spoken by Hillary Rodham Clinton. If we don't band together and work hard for whoever is running against her in 2008, she'll be the President of the United States - and socialism will be our official policy.
This court is re-writing the constitution. We no longer have property rights. Now at the whim of a corrupt government, they can seize your property and bulldoze it. Wake up America we just lost another bit of freedom!
This is the worst day in the history of this country since September 11th.
CONSERVATIVES VOTING AGAINST MORE GOVERNMENT CONTROL:
REHNQUIST
THOMAS
SCALIA
O'CONNOR
WE MUST GET CONTROL OF THE SUPREME COURT!! THIS IS A TRAVESTY!!!
That it wasn't going to be THEIR homes that were taken.
Wrong.
Kennedy was for taking the property.
O'Conner wrote a stinging dissent in favor of private property rights.
Good thing there's still one box left.
Time for another Boston Tea Party (or perhaps something stronger?)
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