I understand and share your concern with KELO, but see these decisions as yet another crack in our Constitution, that will eventually need to be addressed, should the U.S., as we know and Love it, survive.
I believe it is well past the time we had another Constitutional Congress. On Nov 13, 11:20 am, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 13, 10:08 am, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And you don't consider that a Constitutional Crisis? > > I consider the KELO decision on Eminent Domain a constitutional > crisis. Before KELO, people had a reasonable expectation that what was > theirs was theirs, that the house they were living in was their own > private property - the primary precept this country was founded on. > KELO turned the precept of private property into a marketing tool by > making all private property subject to government seizure - for the > "greater good." And in no small way contributing to the current > mortgage crisis, not by apparent causation, but by dramatically > undermining the inherent value of private property by turning it into > a common, tradeable commodity. A disposable commodity, like a > disposable diaper. > > I don't believe Berg v. Obama has reached the level of KELO, at least > not yet. No, it seems more a game of cat and mouse - SCOTUS the cat, > Berg (et al) the mouse. A game of men, not laws, who deem themselves > deviously clever, as towering giants humoring the teeming masses. Or, > incredibly semi-ordinary men simply taking the easiest way out - and > discovering they now may be forced to expend some minimal measure of > intellectual capital. > > To be sure, I believe the case should be allowed to fail on the > merits, not “standing.” But I’m a skeptic and every signal thus far > points to “standing.” Because deviously clever men may rest their case > on the unwritten law of all unwritten laws: greater good. > > “A drop more cognac in your tea, Justice Souter?” > “Oh, thank you, Justice Ginsburg.” --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
