Thursday, June 23, 2005|
Lots of good posts today throughout the blogosphere on the Kelo decision, most of which are much more eloquent than I ever could be. I'll point you over to The Volokh Conspiracy and say just scroll down or you can alway head over to Glenn's place and search for Kelo. This court continues to find ways to deteriorate private rights this term. After Raich and now Kelo, individual rights are greatly deteriorated and that trend will only worsen. This is a disgusting decision today, one huge leap down a very slippery slide towards large-scale government intervention in the name of the public good. I applaud the dissenting judges today (not coincidentally, the same dissenting judges in the Raich case) and heartily deride the majority. When the government can take private property and give it to different private interests, all in the name of "public good", we are dangerously close to moving towards socialism. Normally, that would be a rather sweeping statement, but in light of the decision today, I find it quite apt. |
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