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U.S. Supreme Court Gives A Bully A Black Eye
Freedom Foundation ^
| March 11, 2014
| David Roland
Posted on 03/11/2014 6:14:18 PM PDT by Twotone
Yesterday eight of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices responded to the U.S. government's efforts to bully property owners by punching the bully square in the nose.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: propertyrights; supremecourt
Amazing that the lower courts could've been so far off track...
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posted on
03/11/2014 6:14:20 PM PDT
by
Twotone
To: Twotone
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posted on
03/11/2014 6:22:18 PM PDT
by
Bayard
To: Twotone
Who was the dissenting Justice?
To: pieceofthepuzzle
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posted on
03/11/2014 6:32:07 PM PDT
by
Twotone
(Marte Et Clypeo)
To: Twotone
Will be very interested to see what she writes in dissent.
To: pieceofthepuzzle
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posted on
03/11/2014 6:33:58 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Twotone
Which of the 9 thought the feds could retroactively get back the easement they relinquished?
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posted on
03/11/2014 6:39:30 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(Extortion 17. A large number of Navy SEALs died on that mission. Ask why.)
To: sarasmom
I see it was already asked and answered! LOL!
Interesting...
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posted on
03/11/2014 6:40:25 PM PDT
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sarasmom
(Extortion 17. A large number of Navy SEALs died on that mission. Ask why.)
To: Starstruck
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posted on
03/11/2014 7:09:54 PM PDT
by
Salvavida
(The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
To: Salvavida
Pinche puta is more apropos.
To: pieceofthepuzzle
Family Trust Wins Supreme Court Fight Against Bike Trail http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/03/10/288584936/family-trust-wins-supreme-court-fight-against-bike-trail
The lone dissenting vote in the case came from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote that her colleagues erred in its interpretation of or reliance on a 1942 decision that involved oil and mineral rights on federal land that is tied to railroads' right of way.
The majority's opinion "does not meaningfully grapple with prior cases ... that expressly concluded that the United States retained a reversionary interest in railroad rights of way," Sotomayor wrote.'
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posted on
03/11/2014 8:48:50 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Albert Einstein: The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
To: pieceofthepuzzle
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