I make it five liberals, three conservatives, and one question mark.
This guy’s middle finger belongs in future photos because the so-called swing vote flipped-off private sector property owners in addition to his international law advocacy:
Anthony Kennedy
The Supreme Court constrained the rights of property owners Friday, establishing a test that favors government officials in assessing the loss of property value caused by government regulations.
Writing for a 5-3 court, Justice Anthony Kennedy explained that state and local officials can combine separate parcels of land in assessing whether local government has effectively seized private property through regulation, requiring compensation. Kennedy’s opinion was joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. Chief Justice John Roberts filed a fiery dissent, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
Writing for a 5-3 court, Justice Anthony Kennedy explained that state and local officials can combine separate parcels of land in assessing whether local government has effectively seized private property through regulation, requiring compensation. Kennedy’s opinion was joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. Chief Justice John Roberts filed a fiery dissent, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
Supreme Court Limits Rights Of Property Owners
Kevin Daley
Legal Affairs Reporter
6:11 PM 06/23/2017
Supreme Court Limits Rights Of Property Owners
Kevin Daley
Legal Affairs Reporter
6:11 PM 06/23/2017
Supreme Court Limits Rights Of Property Owners
Incidentally, Justice Kennedy voted against property owners in this one, too:
Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)[1] was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development. In a 5–4 decision, the Court held that the general benefits a community enjoyed from economic growth qualified private redevelopment plans as a permissible "public use" under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
The case arose in the context of condemnation by the city of New London, Connecticut, of privately owned real property, so that it could be used as part of a “comprehensive redevelopment plan.” However, the private developer was unable to obtain financing and abandoned the redevelopment project, leaving the land as an undeveloped empty lot.[2]
The case arose in the context of condemnation by the city of New London, Connecticut, of privately owned real property, so that it could be used as part of a “comprehensive redevelopment plan.” However, the private developer was unable to obtain financing and abandoned the redevelopment project, leaving the land as an undeveloped empty lot.[2]
Kelo v. City of New London - Wikipedia
Finally:
Trump was a lot of fun until he blew it on eminent domain:
Bret Baier reeled in Trump with Kelo:
Bret Baier reeled in Trump with Kelo:
The court’s 5-4 holding in Kelo v. City of New London gave local officials a green light to seize and demolish private homes through eminent domain, then turn the land over to developers itching to build something more lucrative. In Fort Trumbull, those private homeowners included people such as Susette Kelo, a local nurse who bought her little Victorian cottage on the Thames River because she loved its waterfront view; Wilhelmina Dery, who was born in her house on Walbach Street in 1918 and had been living there all her life; and Pasquale and Margherita Cristofaro, whose home on Goshen Street was the second New London property they lost to eminent domain, the first having been taken 30 years earlier because the city intended to construct a seawall. (The seawall was never built.)
Eminent disaster
Homeowners in Connecticut town were dispossessed for nothing
By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist March 12, 2014
The devastation caused by eminent-domain abuse - The Boston Globe
Homeowners in Connecticut town were dispossessed for nothing
By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist March 12, 2014
The devastation caused by eminent-domain abuse - The Boston Globe
but there have been numerous abuses of eminent domain. After Kelo v. City of New London a few states did pass some laws that shielded private ownership from eminent domain abuses.
NOTE: Eminent domain has been a smoldering issue for a long time. The problem has been that each case is local; so the national media generally did not report eminent domain cases until recently; 60 Minutes did a good piece some years ago. The Supreme Court wrongly deciding Kelo is probably the only reason a lot of us are now aware of eminent domain abuses.
Port Chicago, California in the early 1960s was possibly the worst eminent domain abuse in modern times. In that land grab the government took an entire town under the pretext of enlarging the Navy Base. The government then turned around and sold the land to developers. The property was not confiscated to enlarge the Navy Base. I don’t recall too much about the case. Attorney Melvin Belli (1907 - 1996), who was famous for raising the Jolly Roger over his office building in San Francisco when he won a case, handled the case for the people of Port Chicago who were ripped off. I do not know if it ever got to a federal court or how it ended.
Trump Needs To Clarify BusinessmanNOTE: Eminent domain has been a smoldering issue for a long time. The problem has been that each case is local; so the national media generally did not report eminent domain cases until recently; 60 Minutes did a good piece some years ago. The Supreme Court wrongly deciding Kelo is probably the only reason a lot of us are now aware of eminent domain abuses.
Port Chicago, California in the early 1960s was possibly the worst eminent domain abuse in modern times. In that land grab the government took an entire town under the pretext of enlarging the Navy Base. The government then turned around and sold the land to developers. The property was not confiscated to enlarge the Navy Base. I don’t recall too much about the case. Attorney Melvin Belli (1907 - 1996), who was famous for raising the Jolly Roger over his office building in San Francisco when he won a case, handled the case for the people of Port Chicago who were ripped off. I do not know if it ever got to a federal court or how it ended.
p.s. The Port Chicago case never got to the US Supreme Court because the infamous Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hear the appeal.
