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Journal frankie's Journal: Activist Judges and Humpty Dumpty 4

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Sadly, this time the conservative rallying cry is absolutely true. It was the so-called "liberal" side of the SCOTUS who decided that "public use" means just what they choose it to mean - neither more nor less.

There have been plenty of other times when Scalia and friends have twisted language to their own ends. But yesterday they were on the side of truth and justice.

As long as the Dems stay on their current path, all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put them in power again.

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    • I must agree with the dissent. If any local majority is allowed to redefine "for public use" according to their own wishes, then those words have been removed from the Constitution. I am of the opinion that since the words were written there for a reason, then they should have a relevant non-zero meaning.

      AFAIK, this is the third "purpose clause" to suffer such a fate. Most of the Constitution is a straightforward delineation of rules, but a few sections explicitly say WHY the rule exists. These rationales

    • But the constitution isn't an absolute guarantee against injustice however much it tries to be, it's just a barrier to most forms of injustice. But it cannot solve everything.

      Concur.
      If evil has been done, then the response of the people needs to be to boycott the resulting commercial developments.
      Even your staunchest free-market capitalists will agree that capitalism can breed ugliness.
      Amidst the chorus of whining, you never hear people say "If the robbers build it, we will ignore it." Money has lit

      • The problem is a simple Tyranny of the Majority.

        The majority of people within shopping distance of New London Connecticut don't really care (or wouldn't care if they knew) about nine strangers losing their property to a developer. Those (soon to be former) residents are getting screwed over for the crime of being ordinary folks without a well-connected lobbyist.

        This kind of thing is exactly why the Bill of Rights exists.

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