Today's SC ruling will REALLY HELP our case against Bush appointments.

[smartvoter]

Way to go, liberal f%%%heads on the bench. You just handed the administration a huge stick to beat us with over the home seizing bull&&&t that I CANNOT BELIEVE was carried on the liberal side of the court.

Now, the big business crackpots get to take the pro-citizen side of an issue about TAKING PEOPLE's HOMES, for Christ's sake.

[tk2kewl]

1. my thoughts exactly

another thread on the topic...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1878929

[smartvoter]

2. self delete

[paula777]

3. Yep - they put the final nail in our coffin. It's over now - seriously

the kool-aid drinkers now have reason to believe that we liberals are in fact evil.

[tk2kewl]

4. WelshTerrier2 made some good arguments for the decision

but I personally think the decision went too far. And from a political standpoint it is an utter disaster.

[smartvoter]

6. I read them. It's crap. It means businesses can do whatever they hell

they want as long as the local pols are in their pockets.

[Doctor Pedantic]

5. Here's an exchange between a colleague and me....

My friend:

Not that surprising since some liberals seem to think that the government is best suited to decide what is best for the folks.

Me:

But the opinion says this should be left to local officials, and not to federal judges. It's usually the conservatives who are in favor of local control/states' rights and decry "activist" federal judges (unless the issues are abortion, elections, gay rights, or gun control.....)

My friend:

These "local officials" are part of city/county government telling individuals what they can and can't do with their property. Yes, conservatives are often in favor of state rights vs. federal rights, but not when states try to usurp economic property rights.



And my buddy isn't even that right-wing. You bet they are going to try to use this against the Dems. We're the party that is so big-government we're in favor of tearing down little old ladies' houses to make room for a new Wal-Mart.

[cprise]

9. Property is not absolute.

It's not even a concrete reality.

Those homeowners are being handed a lump of cash and will have to deal with some disruption in their lives. But its not the end of the world for them.

People who are calling for the heads of SCOTUS best turn their attention to New London officials, because that's where the democratic accountability is in this case.

[salin]

7. Odd thing, though... bush's big corporate donors would LIKE

justices sympathetic to this... while his religious backers back those who voted against this... Interesting dilemna for bush - which group to pander to - which group to reap retribution from?

These are the sorts of issues that pit his backers against one another.

I am of the belief that when corporate interests are in conflict with the religious right interests... bush always goes corporate then tries to throw a bone to the religious right.

[clark4me]

8. If the Dems don't take this and do with it what they must

they are worst weanies than I ever imagines and we are really screwed.

The Dems have been handed issue after issue to annihilate Bush and yet they have yet to seize the opportunities, if this one goes by - then I give up.