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2005-07-01 Home Front: Politix

House Registers Strong Disapproval of Supreme Court Ruling

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-01 08:53|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...H.R. 3135 - will "assure the American people...

They can assure me all they want. Until I see some firm, non-loophole laws coming through or some justices swinging from a tree, I ain't gonna feel assured.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-01 09:05|| 2005-07-01 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Oooooooooooooh! That's awefull strong rhetoric for forked tongued, spineless, subverters of all that is good and decent

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-01 10:31|| 2005-07-01 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 3 observations...

1) Banning the use of Federal funds in projects where this new eminent domain law (that's what it is, new law) is employed won't do diddley-squat. The vast majority of these things will be of the variety we saw in the Texas article - local grabs for local gain. Conyers, a professional onanist, is just jerking off for his minions and sycophants.

2) Withholding Federal funds, generically, from Govt entities which employ the new law will likely have an effect - almost every Govt entity is getting some of your tax dollars for some wank-o-matic bullshit social(ist) program or another. So Sensenbrenner's bill has a few teeth, anyway.

3) This proves the point that this SCOTUS ruling is NOT business as usual and is, indeed, a serious new rights grab by a socialist-leaning SCOTUS.

Since the only real cure is a Constitutional Amendment, I'd say that they should go ahead and get started... but I'd recommend 2 Amendments...

One to reverse this insane ruling and restore eminent domain to its 200 yr old traditional meaning.

A second to create a rational and simple transparent mechanism for removal of jurists at any level who do not accept the Constitution of the US, as currently amended, or find themselves too restricted by Federal, State, or local law and feel free to wander about the landscape devising law from personal whim and prejudice. Perhaps that means direct election of all jurists and fixed terms. Perhaps it means installing nice tall lampposts outside each courtroom.

Whatever it takes to stop judicial activism without accountability.

Note that this is no different from "No taxation without representation" - and that little notion was the cause of the first American Revolution.

Posted by .com 2005-07-01 11:14|| 2005-07-01 11:14|| Front Page Top

#4 No judicialism without representation! Has a nice ring to it. Thanks for the idea .com!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-01 11:30|| 2005-07-01 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Suprise..Suprise! (D)House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was one of 189 that voted against the bill. She criticized it as follows.
"When you withhold funds from enforcing a decsion of the Supreme Court, you are in fact nullifying a decsion of the Supreme Court."
Lets Pray for once she is correct in her assesment. Whoops..did I say pray..I meant...Feel free to make a non-denominational reaffirmation to your higher power or connection with your secular inner-tranquility.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-07-01 11:48|| 2005-07-01 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Current 5th Amendment:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

My proposal for the 28th Amendment:

Private property shall not be taken by the United States nor by the several states for public use, for which compelling evidence shall be made, without just compensation, nor shall the United States nor the several states take private property for the purpose of transfer to another private party.

Compelling evidence is building a road, creating a public park, etc. No transfers to another private party means that NONE of the current nonsense about seizing land for transfer to a developer shall be permitted.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-07-01 12:06|| 2005-07-01 12:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Feel free to make a non-denominational reaffirmation to your higher power or connection with your secular inner-tranquility.

/filed that thar one >:Ã

Posted by Jolurong Flise2277 2005-07-01 12:54|| 2005-07-01 12:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Absolute truth is defined a 5-to-4 decision in the Supreme Court;

I might be inclined toward a rule that required a 6-3 or 7-2 margin; if there's that much difference of opinion, let the current conditions stand. Or perhaps sequester the old farts without a potty brerak until they do come to an agreement like a regular jury trial and no goddam hung juries allowed.

Posted by Claper Choluter8856 2005-07-01 16:44|| 2005-07-01 16:44|| Front Page Top

#9 um. can't type __ sorry

Preview is my friend.... preview is my friend ...

Posted by Javigum Thulet6891 2005-07-01 16:48|| 2005-07-01 16:48|| Front Page Top

#10 If the House really wanted to show its disapproval, then don't pass some stupid resolution.

Write up articles of impeachment. Ginsberg, Souter, Breyer, Stevens, and Kennedy have all violated their oaths of office.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-07-01 23:08|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-07-01 23:08|| Front Page Top

#11 waiting mode - Ginsburg and Stevens are soon to retire or die

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-01 23:23|| 2005-07-01 23:23|| Front Page Top

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