6/23/2005, 3:14 pm
(It Could Be Yours)
What a glorious day in the history of American jurisprudence! In a split 5 – 4 ruling, the Supreme Court expanded the purview of "eminent domain", making it lawful for local governments to arbitrarily seize someone's private property, against their will, so that developers may "improve" it in a manner that will generate greater tax revenues for city and/or county treasuries. The judiciary, in its vast wisdom, has essentially decreed that fattening up the coffers of local governments, at the expense of personal liberty, is a vital public interest.
Once again, the court has used its influence to encroach upon the concepts of individualism and private property rights as enshrined in the reactionary, bourgeois documents known as The Constitution and The Federalist Papers. Let's hear it for the Supremes, especially the courageous five justices: Kennedy, Ginsburg, Souter, Stevens, and Breyer!
What a glorious day in the history of American jurisprudence! In a split 5 – 4 ruling, the Supreme Court expanded the purview of "eminent domain", making it lawful for local governments to arbitrarily seize someone's private property, against their will, so that developers may "improve" it in a manner that will generate greater tax revenues for city and/or county treasuries. The judiciary, in its vast wisdom, has essentially decreed that fattening up the coffers of local governments, at the expense of personal liberty, is a vital public interest.
Once again, the court has used its influence to encroach upon the concepts of individualism and private property rights as enshrined in the reactionary, bourgeois documents known as The Constitution and The Federalist Papers. Let's hear it for the Supremes, especially the courageous five justices: Kennedy, Ginsburg, Souter, Stevens, and Breyer!