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March 1, 2005
WOW: editorial pages still afire a week after oral argements for Kelo
NY Post: A NEW BREED OF TAX TYRANT
If the mere possibility of increased tax revenues from a targeted private property is enshrined by the Supreme Court as a "public use," elected officials everywhere will have a potent new weapon with which to displace entire swaths of modest taxpayers and plan whole new "economically developed" societies.
Fort Wanye News-Sentinel, (KRT):
In eminent domain case, court threatens to shred a bedrock protection of private property
In-depth commentary Steven Greenhut, the author of "Abuse of Power," published last year.
So, the government cannot kill you, imprison you or take your stuff without giving you a chance to make your case, and it can take your stuff only for a public use. And it must pay you a fair price for it. Yet the justices, like those medieval scholars who argued about the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin, seemed to be focused on irrelevancies and unable to grasp the fundamental issues.
Toronto Free Press: The most important property rights case in 50 years
If New London wins, no person anywhere in the United States can be secure in the ownership of private property. Just as the government has broadened its power of eminent domain to cover economic development and environmental protection, it will use this power to achieve whatever goal it chooses.
Tech Central Station: Eminent Domain, Imminent Theft
Well researched article with links to primary sources.
LA Daily News: Supreme Court pondering 'public use'
This op-ed piece explores how Kelo could affect property rights in CA and how Proposition 13 provided relief to property owners only to be supplanted by absurd findings of "blight."
Also:
MortgageNewsDaily.com: Eminent Domain - Your Home Is Your Castle !
American Daily: Condemning Private Property Rights
Quote of the day:
"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is no force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist." -- John Adams
Posted by lumi at March 1, 2005 9:33 AM