Jun 26, 2005
The ‘Left’ and the Kelo Decision
Alexander Cockburn on the “The Supreme Court's Jackboot Liberals”:
“Thomas also wrote an excellent dissent which I’m sure had Jane Jacobs nodding approval. He called the decision"far-reaching and dangerous," and noting correctly that those displaced by urban renewal and"slum clearance" over the years have tended to be lower-income members of minority groups."The court has erased the Public Use Clause from our Constitution".
“Liberals love eminent domain, as much as conservatives love the death penalty, and like many liberal passions it destroys far more lives than the gas chamber or the lethal needle.”
Read the full story here.
Ralph Nader on the Kelo decision:
“The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v City of New London mocks common sense, tarnishes constitutional law and is an affront to fundamental fairness.”
Read the full story here.
“Thomas also wrote an excellent dissent which I’m sure had Jane Jacobs nodding approval. He called the decision"far-reaching and dangerous," and noting correctly that those displaced by urban renewal and"slum clearance" over the years have tended to be lower-income members of minority groups."The court has erased the Public Use Clause from our Constitution".
“Liberals love eminent domain, as much as conservatives love the death penalty, and like many liberal passions it destroys far more lives than the gas chamber or the lethal needle.”
Read the full story here.
Ralph Nader on the Kelo decision:
“The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v City of New London mocks common sense, tarnishes constitutional law and is an affront to fundamental fairness.”
Read the full story here.