Posted on 06/23/2005 8:07:27 AM PDT by Stew Padasso
OhhhKaaay.
I thought someone wanted to *do* something rather than sit around typing.
Civil disobedience is a long-standing tradition in the fight for civil disobedience.
Home seizure is a civil rights issue.
Only the U.S. flag. Burning other flags is a hate crime if someone from that country sees it or otherwise finds out about it.
Right, but chaining yourself to city hall is hardly effective.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Would you please cite examples from this thread so that those of us who run across your comments know about whom and to what you are referring?
Sandra Day and Rehnquist may retire, but they were on the losing side anyway. And now that this decision has been written, it won't come up again. And if it did, Scalia would probably vote for it the next time, since Scalia rarely votes to overturn previous SCOTUS rulings. It's really sad that SCOTUS decided this way.
The Supreme Court has already chained us to City Hall. The rest would just be performance art depicting the true state.
Someone else asked for ideas. I gave one that would, admittedly only do any good en masse.
Do you have any ideas as to a response that will cause action before the Connecticutt homeowners are displaced?
Wait until YOU get the order from the gov't to evict YOU from YOUR property and at THEIR, not your price and you'll have a different prospect.
I do not want to see and hear trash on the television. Do you understand!?
If you like to watch the trash channel, then buy a satellite. As for me and most Americans, we don't want to watch garbage in our homes. I am very glad that FCC harshly punishes TV networks that allow perversity to be aired.
There is right and wrong. And if you don't know the difference, you will suffer the consequences...
Welcome to FR. :-)
"Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random," O'Connor wrote. "The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms."O'Connor is so right. Our basic American rights are being trampled by the SCOTUS majority.
The good news is that SCOTUS decisions are reversible. I hope that President Bush gets a chance to nominate 3 or 4 justices with an ounce of common sense.
IMHO, this is not a conservative-versus-liberal issue. This decision ignores just basic American tradition and constitutional law. What is Kennedy doing voting with the majority?
We need a reaction that is huge and that involves as many people as possible. I'll bet that property rights are something that can get Republicans, Libertarians, Dems together - probably not the Greens or Communists.
What do you think we should do?
Try as we might, there really is no way back up that slope. It is done.
Ping!
I wish I knew. Some Freepers have been discussing backing an amendment:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1429070/posts?page=2
But it doesn't seem to be a very popular idea so far...
Pitchforks and effigies optional.
Letters and phone calls of to local and state lawmakers. Noise, lots and lots of noise.
They can't stand static, those "servants" of ours.
Do not be silent.
Forget about Zanzibar, Mugabe-come on over! /sarcasm
Progress could occur with this particular issue, but other abuses will slip through. The trend is downward, and I don't realistically see any way of stopping it in the long run.
Rule 308 bump.
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