After you’ve watched the enragifying video in Rich’s post, you can calm yourself with this:
The federal government suffered a major defeat today at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States. In their unanimous decision, the justices rejected the government’s sweeping claim that a series of recurring floods induced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not qualify as a taking of property under
This one has it all:
Central Radio Company, which first opened 78 years ago and has been at its current location of 1083 West 39th Street for 50 years, is currently under siege. First officials at the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority attempted to seize their property in order to transfer it to Old Dominion University, which currently has no specific site development plan for Central Radio’s property. The owners of the company, Bob Wilson
About once a generation SCOTUS whiffs it beyond belief. Dred Scott (blacks are property, not people), Plessy v Ferguson (separate but equal), Katzenbach v. McClung (providing Congress under the auspices of The Commerce Clause the ability to pass any damn law they want), all good examples. But for me the decision that really stunk up the joint was Kelo, which basically shot to hell any private property protections. Where as in the past the … Read more
