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Property Rights: I agree with the State Newspaper (it may be a first)
Un-American land seizure
By EVELYN CLARYGuest columnist
…Why, then, in a country that professes to be a “sweet land of liberty,” can not only the government but any interest with enough money and influential friends seize land from individual property owners? The Supreme Court ruling allowing the city of New London, Conn., to use eminent domain to demolish homes to make way for private development is a crime against freedom…
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http://www.thestate.com/mld/state/news/opinion/12071493.htm
July 11th, 2005 at 2:00 am
We need you to address this Constitutional Crisis!
July 11th, 2005 at 2:00 am
We need you to address this Constitutional Crisis!
July 11th, 2005 at 2:01 am
Are you opposed to progressive growth?
July 11th, 2005 at 2:01 am
Are you opposed to progressive growth?
July 21st, 2005 at 12:51 pm
I consider myself a moderate independent politically, and I was appalled by the Supreme Court’s decision on this case. Greedy private developers have been streaming through the Upstate like a Biblical plague of locusts, and if they are allowed to continue, I fear that decent *affordable* housing will simply cease to exist in the United States of America. This is an issue around which Americans of *all* political persuasions need to rally. Beyond the housing issue, is the issue of constitutional rights - which are being stolen away from us slowly but surely.
July 21st, 2005 at 12:51 pm
I consider myself a moderate independent politically, and I was appalled by the Supreme Court’s decision on this case. Greedy private developers have been streaming through the Upstate like a Biblical plague of locusts, and if they are allowed to continue, I fear that decent *affordable* housing will simply cease to exist in the United States of America. This is an issue around which Americans of *all* political persuasions need to rally. Beyond the housing issue, is the issue of constitutional rights - which are being stolen away from us slowly but surely.
July 22nd, 2005 at 12:44 pm
If legislation is not passed, no one’s property is safe (unless it’s one of the Justices). I’d like to see someone condemn and acquire the property of any of them.
Andre Bauer was paid substantially more than originally offered because he has the knowledge and resources that the Average Joe does not have.
July 22nd, 2005 at 12:44 pm
If legislation is not passed, no one’s property is safe (unless it’s one of the Justices). I’d like to see someone condemn and acquire the property of any of them.
Andre Bauer was paid substantially more than originally offered because he has the knowledge and resources that the Average Joe does not have.