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FredomWorks is supporting the "Lost Liberty Hotel" project in Manchester, New Hampshire tonight at 6pm! Tonite at 6pm Logan Clements will be in Manchester to discuss his plans to use eminent domain to take Justice Souter's home and turn it into a museum of individual rights and private property. Please attend if you are anywhere near Manchester! We need to speak out in support of Clement's plan to give Souter his "Just Desserts." The meeting will be at the Radisson in Manchester from 6pm until 8pm in Salon D. Please call me if you have further questions 202-942-7612

WEARE, N.H. --Logan Darrow Clements flew across the country to visit Supreme Court Justice David Souter's hometown. But the California man who wants to seize Souter's land through eminent domain to build a hotel didn't knock on the judge's front door when he stopped by Saturday afternoon. "I don't want to go on his property," said Clements . . .

WEARE — Logan Clements, the California activist who has proposed building a hotel on land owned by Supreme Court Justice David Souter, announced yesterday he will come to town Saturday to next Tuesday to meet local supporters. "I've got lots of supporters there, and I'd like to meet them," he said in a phone interview. Clements, who seeks to claim Souter's land in Weare through the use of eminent domain, said he would meet with local allies who hope to put the proposal on next year's town ballot. He would not specify names, but did say he would hold an...

I commend the Weare selectmen for doing what would, under the natural interpretation of the Constitution, be the right thing. The right of eminent domain ought to be restricted to cases of genuine public use: where the government either actually uses directly the taken property or gives the public a legal right to use the property. Unfortunately, that is no longer the rule. Under Kelo vs. New London, it is effectively open season on private property owners. In interpreting the limits of eminent domain in the Constitution, the Supreme Court over the years began distorting the natural concept of public...

I'm listening to Logan Clements, the man behind the idea of putting a hotel, cafe and museum where David Souter's living. KFI is in L.A./Southern California He's mentioned Free Republic several times saying that was where it first got rolling for him, then it moved to Drudge and then Rush.

Welcome to Hotel Souter? Eminent domain ruling triggers backlash By Beverley Wang Associated Press Near the foot of an unmarked, dead-end dirt road sits a humble, mud-colored farmhouse. A sign on a mailbox jutting from a tilted post spells "SOUTER." Through the years, U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter has stuck to his family's home in the central New Hampshire town of Weare, population 8,500. A bachelor, the 65-year-old Souter has lived for decades on the 8-acre property, undisturbed among neighbors whose yards are strewn with rusting farm equipment and old pickup trucks. The house, more than 200 years old,...

WEARE, N.H., July 24 -- Near the foot of an unmarked, dead-end dirt road sits a humble, mud-colored farmhouse more than 200 years old. A sign on the mailbox reads "SOUTER." Some folks want to make that "Hotel Souter." People from across the country are joining a campaign to seize Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter's farmhouse to build a luxury hotel, according to the man who suggested it after Souter joined the majority that sided with New London, Conn., in a decision favoring government seizure of private property.

Welcome to Hotel Souter? Eminent domain ruling triggers backlash By BEVERLEY WANG Associated Press Writer WEARE, N.H. Near the foot of an unmarked, dead-end dirt road sits a humble, mud-colored farmhouse. A sign on a mailbox jutting from a tilted post spells "SOUTER." Through the years, U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter has stuck to his family's home in the central New Hampshire town of Weare, population 8,500. A bachelor, the 65-year-old Souter has lived for decades on the 8-acre property, undisturbed among neighbors whose yards are strewn with rusting farm equipment and old pickup trucks. The house, more than...

LETTER OF INTENT To: Mr. David Hackett Souter From: ****************, a California licensed real estate broker (Address, phone redacted) Date: July 23, 2005 re: that certain real property located at 34 Cilley Hill Rd., Weare NH 03281 (complete legal description to be furnished in escrow) Mr. Souter: I represent a group of investors who are interested in purchasing your property in Weare, NH, which is above described. Pursuant to their wishes, I hereby tender this LETTER OF INTENT, which outlines the terms and conditions under which they would make the purchase. 1. PRICE. $75,000 2. DEPOSIT: $2,000, to be tendered...

An advertising entrepreneur leading an effort to seize David Souter's home in response to the high court's controversial eminent domain decision is encouraging citizens to mount a campaign against leaders of the justice's New Hampshire town. Logan Darrow Clements said today on "Joseph Farah's WorldNetDaily RadioActive" program that the five members of the board of selectmen of Weare, N.H., rejected his proposal to take Souter's property, prompting a call for their removal from office. Clements wrote to the board, explaining he needed to find out if they already opposed the proposal so he would know whether it was worth the...

WEARE — In the two weeks since a California man proposed building a hotel on land occupied by U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, town officials have heard little from him. “He hasn’t done anything,” said Chip Meany, the town’s code enforcement officer.

he Supreme Court ruled that city governments should be allowed to take private property from one person and give it to a developer. So we decided that 34 Cilley Hill Road in Weare, New Hampshire would be a nice place to build The Lost Liberty Hotel. Why is this location essential? It is the home of David Souter, one of the Justices that voted in favor of this decision UPDATE: We seek a hotel development company or large homebuilder to lead this project. If your company is interested please put "BUILDER" in the subject line and e-mail us. Freestar has...

According to Clements' own press release, he "faxed a request to Chip Meany, the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire, seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road." Incidentally, that is the home address of David H. Souter, one of the Supreme Court Justices who voted for the new law. Now it's your turn to show your support for applying eminent domain in this case.....

THIS LAND WAS YOUR LAND Movement builds to seize Souter home If New Hampshire selectmen don't bite, ballot initiatives planned Supreme Court Justice David Souter probably never expected his vote to permit a Connecticut town the power to seize the homes of citizens would come back to haunt him. But it may. An effort by a Los Angeles advertising entrepreneur to persuade the city fathers of Weare, N.H., to turn the tables on Souter by seizing his home and building a hotel on the site is gaining steam. Logan Darrow Clements and his company, Free Star Media, are now collecting...

Last week, I reported on the Supreme Court's Kelo vs City of New London decision, which seriously weakened Constitutionally guaranteed private property rights. Now, in what can only be viewed as an attempt at pure poetic justice, a budding developer, businessman Logan Darrow Clements, has begun the process of seizing Supreme Court Justice David Souter's homestead in Weare, New Hampshire and replacing it with a hotel. Citing the Kelo decision, Clements has contacted Weare's building official, saying: "Although this property is owned by an individual, David H. Souter, a recent Supreme Court decision, "Kelo vs. City of New London" clears...

US judge set to lose home under law he brought in By Charles Laurence in New York (Filed: 10/07/2005) A US Supreme Court Judge could lose his country farmhouse thanks to a controversial law which he himself voted to bring in. Furious protesters are plotting to seize David Souter's $150,000 (£86,400) 19th century home and turn it into a hotel after he voted to give towns the legal right to make compulsory purchases. They view his support for the legislation as an affront to every American's inviolable right to personal property. In retaliation, they are determined to make him pay...

Eminent domain and just desserts By: RICK REISS - For The Californian Where is the American Civil Liberties Union? Our "royal" U.S. Supreme Court just erased private property rights in America. The Kelo v. New London decision effectively reinterpreted the Fifth Amendment to allow the use of eminent domain by local governments to redistribute wealth from one party to another. Re-distributing wealth has long been the mantra of socialism. So we might as well welcome in the new era of a brave new world. Eminent domain is the power of government entities to forcefully buy out private property for the...

Editor's Note: The U.S. public remains in shock at the belligerence and audacity of the U.S. Supreme Court in their "Kelo vs. City of New London" decision. The decision gives the government the right to take the property of a private landowner and give it to a private corporation as an act of Eminent Domain (ED). Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter made love to the corporate empire by voting for this incredible land-grab act. Perhaps we should him send the ED Survival Kit pictured above? Logan Darrow Clements is trying to serve up a little justice of his own...

<p>U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David H. Souter lives in a $100,000 rustic farmhouse in Weare, N.H. -- population 8,400.</p> <p>Mr. Justice Souter is said to love the residence and the quiet peace it affords. However, when you take into account a California man's idea for building a hotel on the property, the justice's attachment to his abode fades into the inconsequential.</p>

"Am I taking this seriously? But of course," said Charles Meany, Weare's code enforcement officer. "In lieu of the recent Supreme Court decision, I would imagine that some people are pretty much upset. If it is their right to pursue this type of end, then by all means let the process begin."..... WEARE, N.H. -- Following a Supreme Court ruling last week that gave local governments power to seize private property, someone has suggested taking over Justice David Souter's New Hampshire farmhouse and turning it into a hotel. "The justification for such an eminent domain action is that our hotel...