“What was special about Susette Kelo is that her property was taken for private use. ....That is a bedrock principle of American constitutionalism. “
Bedrock, schmedrock. The Supreme Court had only to allow the English language to float. “Private Use” floated to “Public Use”, and before you could say “Justice Kennedy”, we had “Public Purpose”. At any given time, The Constitution and rule of law in general only have as much integrity as our culture.
“Bedrock, schmedrock. The Supreme Court had only to allow the English language to float. “Private Use” floated to “Public Use”, and before you could say “Justice Kennedy”, we had “Public Purpose”. At any given time, The Constitution and rule of law in general only have as much integrity as our culture.”
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Hear, Hear! This is the real problem we were warned about, Ayn Rand said that a primary tool of the left is to corrupt language so that it has no fixed meaning. Modern dictionaries list every connotation or slang usage as if it is equal to the standard definition, it is impossible to have a real discussion with most people about major issues because words are flung about as if one size fits all. Then we keep creating new buzz words like “decimated” which was never heard until a few years ago and not one in a hundred knows its actual meaning. It is used as if it means destroyed. Mention this to some and they will lecture on how meanings constantly change but if a word that people have not been used to hearing is introduced into daily usage and the meaning is twisted before it is even known to most people then we may as well be speaking in caveman grunts and let everyone decide for themselves what each grunt might mean. That seems to be close to what is going on now anyway.