Posted on 06/23/2005 7:30:08 AM PDT by Helmholtz
U.S. Supreme Court says cities have broad powers to take property.
Apparently Panic Ensues on an hourly basis here.
And the Govt will read that ruling as Carte Blanche!
I want to know what the hell those 5 were thinking.
I hope Krystal was right this morning when he said that O'Connor is getting ready to retire.
John Paul Stevens
Anthony Kennedy
David H. Souter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen G. Breyer
They are ALL deserving of IMPEACHMENT! Are any of these traitors planning to retire in the next 3 years?
"I can't even imagine the same thing happening just so a private owner can put in a business that'll kick back tax revenue to a municipality so they can spend it to increase their power!"
Don't you understand? Being poor or middle class does not best serve the common good (read scum sucker pockets). Such people must be discarded from the tax base as they serve no public use. /sarc
Would you want to invest in private property anymore, knowing the government could swoop in and steal it at any time, for any reason??
O'Connor was in the dissent. The majority was: John Paul Stevens (author), Anthony Kennedy, John Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer.
You've gotta be kidding me.
NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
Impeachment. Treason. Socialist, communist, fascist SCUM.
This CANNOT stand. I'm so pissed off right now I can hardly think straight.
Well now. The only way to overcome this is for Congress to pass a law that voids the decision. They can do it, but how to get it done?
They pulled the same thing on home owners in my parents neighbourhood in charlottesville for the proposed 29 bypass....which has yet to be built.
I'm very nervous about this ruling as our city and county governments have already demonstrated a supremem lack of respect for property rights.
This is the most obscene thing I have ever seen the SC do, there is no longer private property in the usa. We paid outrageous property taxes and then whenever the state wants they can just take our property and give it to whoever they want? And that is according to the SC legal?
For your daily dose of high blood pressure...
In the 1981 Poletown decision, the Michigan Supreme Court allowed the City of Detroit to bulldoze an entire neighborhood, complete with more than 1,000 residences, 600 businesses, and numerous churches, in order to give the property to General Motors for an auto plant. That case set the precedent, both in Michigan and across the country, for widespread abuse of the power of eminent domain. It sent the signal that courts would not interfere, no matter how private the purpose of the taking.
I wonder if they are "immune" from all out Rebellion. That is where we are headed due to sh*t like this.
Well My family is now screwed. Our property is going to be seized by the cityhall next door to us now.
I want to see the Preseident come out fast and hard against this decision, and stand up for property owners rights on this issue. On this he must take a stand.
I only rent. People are raving about the high real estate prices and how much they have made. But unless they are selling, and moving somewhere much less expensive or renting, the gain is only on paper. And all it means is a much larger property tax bill each year, which is another example of where who really owns the land?
Sigh. . .
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.