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smurfygirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-24-05 12:02 AM
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homes may be seized for private projects
This is a very disturbing trend....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8331097/

Homes may be 'taken' for private projects
Justices: Local governments can give OK if it's for public good

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:23 p.m. ET June 23, 2005


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people’s homes and businesses — even against their will — for private economic development.

It was a decision fraught with huge implications for a country with many areas, particularly the rapidly growing urban and suburban areas, facing countervailing pressures of development and property ownership rights.

As a result, cities now have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes in order to generate tax revenue.

The 5-4 ruling — assailed by dissenting Justice Sandra Day O’Connor as handing “disproportionate influence and power” to the well-heeled — represented a defeat for some Connecticut residents whose homes are slated for destruction to make room for an office complex.

Those residents argued that cities have no right to take their land except for projects with a clear public use, such as roads or schools, or to revitalize blighted areas.

Under the ruling, residents still will be entitled to “just compensation” for their homes as provided under the Fifth Amendment. But residents involved in the lawsuit expressed dismay and pledged to keep fighting.

“It’s a little shocking to believe you can lose your home in this country,” said resident Bill Von Winkle, who said he would refuse to leave his home, even if bulldozers showed up. “I won’t be going anywhere. Not my house. This is definitely not the last word.”


Jobs, tax revenue cited

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-24-05 12:07 AM
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-24-05 12:11 AM
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2. C-YA
Wouldn't wanna B-YA
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smurfygirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-24-05 12:11 AM
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3. oh truckin...you're so right
the problem must be liberals...after all, you stooge republicans are running this country with an iron fist and we are doing just great.

That's why 911 happened on your watch, that's why we are in a war that is draining everyman we have. That's why our economy is so great...cause liberals have control of nothing...makes alot of sense.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-24-05 12:18 AM
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4. Got proof?
Yeah I thought so.
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tx_dem41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-24-05 12:23 AM
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6. Ummm...yes...its as simple as actually reading the article...
Edited on Fri Jun-24-05 12:24 AM by tx_dem41
describing JP Stevens as the author of the opinion:

"He was joined by Justice Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer."

Thomas, Scalia and Rehnquist (and O'Connor) opposed the ruling
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assclown_bush Donating Member (573 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-24-05 12:18 AM
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5. just-truckin, How bout stoppin by a recruitment office on your way out???
You know before you get back home to FreeeeperzzzzRUs. Instead of donning a yellow ribbon on your lilly livered carcass (yellow and lilac clash) go fight the war you are supporting.
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