Movie about the Kelo Decision, where left wing justices allowed gov. to take private property....

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This is the movie Little Pink House...and it is the story of the Kelo decision of the Supreme Court where the left wing Justices allowed the government to take this woman's house...in order to allow a private company to buy it......because the local government thought they could make more tax money..... that is the left wing in action.....

An incredible abuse of the Eminent Domain power in the Constitution...

Kelo v. City of New London - Wikipedia

On June 23, 2005, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, ruled in favor of the City of New London. Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.
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Dissenting opinions[edit]
The principal dissent was issued on 25 June 2005 by Justice O'Connor, joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Scalia and Thomas. The dissenting opinion suggested that the use of this taking power in a reverse Robin Hood fashion— take from the poor, give to the rich— would become the norm, not the exception:

Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms.

O'Connor argued that the decision eliminates "any distinction between private and public use of property — and thereby effectively delete the words 'for public use' from the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment." 125 S.Ct. 2655, 2671.




Film review: Little Pink House scores a direct hit on Kelo -- and on hearts

Little Pink House works on two different levels — political statement and entertainment. The film wants audiences to know what happened to Susette Kelo and her neighbors in the rush by New London, Connecticut, to convince Pfizer to build a new campus in their city, and to condemn it, which isn’t hard to do. Facing tough economic conditions in the city, the state set up a development company to boost jobs and thereby curry favor from the working class voters in New London. In order to get the pharmaceutical firm to build there, they had to declare the area blighted to force New London residents off of the land that Pfizer needed.
 

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