Well, this is what I get for not paying attention to things. What the hell happened here? Is this a failure of justice or something?<\/p>\n
Justice Joseph Story echos my own feelings on the matter:<\/p>\n
\nIt seems to be the general opinion, fortified by a strong current of judicial opinion, that since the American revolution no state government can be presumed to possess the transcendental sovereignty to take away vested rights of property; to take the property of A. and transfer it to B. by a mere legislative act. A government can scarcely be deemed to be free, where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon a legislative body, without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require, that the rights of personal liberty, and private property should be held sacred. At least, no court of justice, in this country, would be warranted in assuming, that any state legislature possessed a power to violate and disregard them; or that such a power, so repugnant to the common principles of justice and civil liberty, lurked under any general grant of legislative authority, or ought to be implied from any general expression of the will of the people, in the usual forms of the constitutional delegation of power. The people ought not to be presumed to part with rights, so vital to their security and well-being, without very strong, and positive declarations to that effect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here’s some links for you, in case you aren’t up to speed with things yet:<\/p>\n
A man’s home is… somebody else’s piggy bank<\/a>
\nCNN – High court OKs personal property seizures<\/a>
\nThe Volokh Conspiracy – Takings and Privatization<\/a>
\nInstapundit.com – More on Kelo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, this is what I get for not paying attention to things. What the hell happened here? 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