The Supreme Court repeals the Constitution
07/08/05
The political philosopher Murray Rothbard used to say that every principle devised to limit the power of government sooner or later becomes a way to expand it. In the recent Supreme Court decision stretching the power of eminent domain to include redistribution of private property to assist private economic activity, we have another example: the 'takings clause' of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0507d.asp
from Future of Freedom Foundation, by Sheldon Richman
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
The political philosopher Murray Rothbard used to say that every principle devised to limit the power of government sooner or later becomes a way to expand it. In the recent Supreme Court decision stretching the power of eminent domain to include redistribution of private property to assist private economic activity, we have another example: the 'takings clause' of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0507d.asp
from Future of Freedom Foundation, by Sheldon Richman
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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