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| Eminent Domain Update: Conservatives on the March for Private Property |
| 2006-10-04 |
| Grass-roots conservatives are again asserting themselves forcefully and effectively against governmental impudence. Having defeated President George W. Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court and the Dubai Ports sellout, conservatives are now flexing their muscles against supremacist judges and money-grasping public officials. It is remarkable how the 2005 Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, Conn., has riled normally apathetic Americans and motivated them into asserting people power over the twin powers of government and money. Thirty state legislatures have passed laws or constitutional amendments to limit the effect of the Kelo ruling and provide protection against abusive seizures of private property for other private purposes. In addition, 11 states will have ballot measures this year to protect private property rights. The issue carries double-barreled clout because the voters are both repudiating government seizures of private property AND repudiating the favorite liberal goal of increasing the flow of tax money into government's clutches. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #2 well said. If this continues, the socialists in our government may well get the uprising of the workers they've always dreamed of. This is the stuff that revolutions are made of. |
| Posted by: Clkethel OHlkdj 2006-10-04 11:40 |
| #1 supremacist judges Somehow you need to put 'socialist' in there. Then you can understand that for a socialist, there is no personal property. You are only tolerated as stewards of public property, just like as citizens you only enjoy liberty and freedoms at the consent of the state. |
| Posted by: Gleaque Shairong2690 2006-10-04 09:07 |