TCS: Tech Central Station - They Can't Take That Away From Me... Unless They Can
TCS: Tech Central Station - They Can't Take That Away From Me... Unless They Can: "'The day before Thanksgiving 1998, Susette Kelo, a registered nurse,
got an unwelcome holiday gift: an eviction order. Her house, and those
of six other families living on an abandoned submarine base calledFort Trumbull
I would worry if the Kelo decision didn't elicit the same sort of response I feel toward it. In that respect I'm not too worried. A great many people have taken notice of the decision and continue to write about it and with any luck at all the issue will be addressed. It cannot stand, not if property rights are to mean anything at all. Not if the Bill of Rights is to mean anything at all. Stephen Bainbridge, the author of this article has it right with these words. In light of the Supreme Court's decision to side with New London, we might just as well roll up the Takings Clause of the Bill of Rights, because we won't need it any longer.
got an unwelcome holiday gift: an eviction order. Her house, and those
of six other families living on an abandoned submarine base called
I would worry if the Kelo decision didn't elicit the same sort of response I feel toward it. In that respect I'm not too worried. A great many people have taken notice of the decision and continue to write about it and with any luck at all the issue will be addressed. It cannot stand, not if property rights are to mean anything at all. Not if the Bill of Rights is to mean anything at all. Stephen Bainbridge, the author of this article has it right with these words. In light of the Supreme Court's decision to side with New London, we might just as well roll up the Takings Clause of the Bill of Rights, because we won't need it any longer.
posted by gadlaw at 6:14 PM
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