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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Stopping Kelo v. New London In Colorado
This will be interesting to watch.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports that there is a movement inside the state legislature to prevent what happened in New London from happening in Colorado.
For those not aware of the Kelo v. New London case, a city seized private property and converted it to commercial with the sole justification that it would improve the city’s tax revenues to have the land used for commercial purposes instead of residential. This ruling on the part of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) put EVERYONE’S home in jeapordy. This is the epitome of judicial activism at its worst. Why? Because the Constitution of the United States reads that such actions, under the auspices of “eminent domain” can be done for “public use”. It says nothing about commercial use. And here, the SCOTUS overstepped it’s authority, vis-a-vis the Constitution.
Now, legislatures across the nation are moving to block local governments from doing the same in their own area. This is a good first move. I would think that a good second move would be to impeach the justices of the SCOTUS who voted in favor of New London. But I’ve yet to see Congress do anything so couragous as to do their duty and remove a federal judge that has ruled against the Constitution.
I’m curious where OUR Congressional delegation stands on Kelo v. New London. I’ll probably report on THAT later....
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