Condemning liberty
07/07/05
It's ironic that, in the world's freest nation, it takes only five individuals out of a population of 280 million to empower tyranny, savage liberty and assault the legal foundations of our country. By a one-vote margin, the Supreme Court in Kelo v. City of New London has eliminated the Fifth Amendment's 'public use' requirement, which restricts government exercise of the power of eminent domain. Well, in all fairness, not eliminated so much as redefined out of existence, or, as Justice Stevens so eloquently babbles, 'our jurisprudence has recognized that the needs of society have ... evolved over time in response to changed circumstances.' Translation: the words of the Constitution are simply suggestions to be considered, not rules to be followed, when the High Court's whim dictates our national law...
http://tinyurl.com/76hjr
from Center For Individual Freedom, by Alexander Schwab
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
It's ironic that, in the world's freest nation, it takes only five individuals out of a population of 280 million to empower tyranny, savage liberty and assault the legal foundations of our country. By a one-vote margin, the Supreme Court in Kelo v. City of New London has eliminated the Fifth Amendment's 'public use' requirement, which restricts government exercise of the power of eminent domain. Well, in all fairness, not eliminated so much as redefined out of existence, or, as Justice Stevens so eloquently babbles, 'our jurisprudence has recognized that the needs of society have ... evolved over time in response to changed circumstances.' Translation: the words of the Constitution are simply suggestions to be considered, not rules to be followed, when the High Court's whim dictates our national law...
http://tinyurl.com/76hjr
from Center For Individual Freedom, by Alexander Schwab
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 8. Jul, 16:18
