All your house are belong to us…
Supreme Court to homeowners: Drop Dead!
I speak, of course, of the disgusting decision in Kelo v. City of New London. At issue was the City of New London condemning privately owned homes so they could sell the property to Pfizer to build a new plant. The city alleges that since the new facility will bring more tax revenue to them, and will create jobs and “boost the local economy” (where have we heard that before -ahem-Atlantic City-ahem-), and therefore was justified under the Constitution as “for the public use”.
And five Supreme Court justices agreed with them!
Welcome to the Third World. You don’t own your house, you don’t own your dog, you don’t own yourself, and you may not even own your beer.
This may well be the most disgusting decision this court has ever issued.
The potential for abuse here is obscene. Don’t build or buy a home anywhere that someone might find commercial value in, your ass will be on the street in no time. In fact, the value of any such property has just been diminished by virtue of this decision.
The absolute worst part of this decision, however, is that it is now settled that any government power not explicitly forbidden in the Constitution is assumed to be granted to the government.
Good-bye, tenth Amendment. It was nice knowing ya.