Posted on 06/24/2005 7:42:19 AM PDT by RightWingReader
The Supreme Court has ruled that your home is sacred, unless the city decides they need a hotel there instead.
Now I know why the Supreme Court outlawed medically prescribed marijuana... so there would be more left for the Supreme Court to smoke.
The Supreme Court ruled today, in one of its most closely watched property rights cases in years, that fostering economic development is an appropriate use of the government's power of eminent domain.The 5-to-4 decision cleared the way for the city of New London, Conn., to proceed with a large-scale plan to replace a faded residential neighborhood with office space for research and development., a conference hotel, new residences and a pedestrian "riverwalk" along the Thames River.
One woman who will now have to move has lived in the same house for 87 years, ever since she was born.
I'm sure the government broke the news to her gently: "Unless you want your tombstone to be a Fuddruckers sign, beat it Grandma!"
John Paul Stevens wrote in the majority opinion that the city's plan "unquestionably serves a public purpose." Well, so does plowing under the Supreme Court building, but we don't have the right to do that, do we?
Joining Stevens, who was nominated to the Court by Gerald Ford, apparently after falling down the steps of Air Force One and suffering a closed-head injury, were "librarian from hell" Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, mamma's boy David Souter, stain left on the Court by Bill Clinton alongside the Ginsburg discharge-- Stephen Breyer, and Anthony Kennedy, who proves that even Reagan made mistakes.
Yes indeed, the same group that said juveniles can't receive the death penalty because other countries would think it's icky is back with a vengeance.
SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) is morphing into SCROTUM (Supremely Crappy Rulings of the Unconstitutional Majority) right before our eyes.
Well, lets start with Toga and Tyrants....
""librarian from hell" Ruth Bader-Ginsburg"
LOL. The levity is appreciated - given this disastrous ruling.
John Paul Stevens' horse has just been named Secretary of the Interior.
Somewhere, somehow, there MUST be a way to make these arrogant abusers of "judicial review" accountable to the people. There must be a ground swell of support for overturning the Marbury decision.
Right now, the only way I know to "get to" them at ALL is the election to the Congress of those who will approve constructionist judges.
I vote Scalia as the "template".
Yes, there is a way, it's called tar and feathers. Many of your are scared to take such strong stands and yet tyranny marches on unabated and kissing their arses hasn't helped has it.
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