(2005-06-24) — A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that local governments may seize private property to promote economic development, President George Bush said he may soon move to seize the high court under “the executive branch’s power of eminent domain.”
The 5-4 court decision broadens the reasons for which properties can be taken under the Fifth Amendment beyond the traditional ‘public use’ (such as schools and highways) to include ‘public purposes’ such as…
- increasing tax income to a municipality,
- returning a favor to a wealthy developer who supported your city council campaign,
- improving the view of the waterfront from the Mayor’s house, or
- getting rid of grumpy old people who have lived in their homes long enough.
“In the spirit of the new government takeover of American homes and businesses,” said President George Bush, “We may have to seize the moment to condemn some aging, faded and blighted elements of the Supreme Court. Then we can replace them with something that will serve public purposes.”
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1 Decision '08 // Jun 24, 2005 at 8:01 am
Seize THIS, SCOTUS!
Scrappleface has the best response to yesterday’s court decision that I’ve seen yet…go read, forthwith…and enjoy your Friday…
2 Anonymous // Jun 24, 2005 at 8:27 am
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3 basil's blog // Jun 24, 2005 at 1:08 pm
Lunch: 6/24/2005
Try one of these specials with your lunch: Confederate Yankee asks Atrios
4 NIF // Jun 24, 2005 at 4:39 pm
Umpire of The Duct-Taped Gerbil Rehabilitation …
Today’s dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny … Just 3 days ’til Monday! (and did you see yesterday’s Riley pics?)
5 The World According to Nick // Jun 27, 2005 at 2:43 pm
Sounds About Right
Go. Click. Laugh. See you in a minute. Wait. Go back. There’s more. Why don’t I read ScrappleFace more often?
6 Right Wing News // Jun 28, 2005 at 2:33 am
Court Allows 10 Commandments on Seized Land — Satire By Scott Ott
In a pair of rulings on the constitutionality of the 10 Commandments on government property, the Supreme Court today said…
7 Kerfuffles // Jun 28, 2005 at 3:02 pm
Why Didn’t Rehnquist Retire?
Could be; wait and see, says Kerfuffles. I wonder if that would be a wise thing for Bushy to do? He is one wiley coyote, that Bush, and I would not be at all supprised if he and Karl Rove have already made the plans as reported by ScrappleFace: