Comments on: Maybe Raich Lets Congress Fix Kelo http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ann http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html/comment-page-1#comment-1456 Ann Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:47:33 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html #comment-1456 <p>This is pretty funny:</p> <p>http://www.freestarmedia.com/hotellostliberty2.html</p> <p>A builder wants to use the new Kelo rulling to turn Justice Souter's house into a hotel. The claim is it would bring a lot of revenue to the city. It will be interesting to see how Justice Souter responds.<br /> </p> This is pretty funny:

http://www.freestarmedia.com/hotellostliberty2.html

A builder wants to use the new Kelo rulling to turn Justice Souter’s house into a hotel. The claim is it would bring a lot of revenue to the city. It will be interesting to see how Justice Souter responds.

]]> By: MaxedOutMama http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html/comment-page-1#comment-1455 MaxedOutMama Wed, 29 Jun 2005 01:19:13 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html #comment-1455 <p>Hmmmm. I think a short contemplation of US history will prove that we really do need the rights reserved to the people in the Constitution, due to our otherwise irritating habit of voting and pitching out politicians who displease us. </p> <p>Nonetheless, this strikes me as poetic justice. I will read the bill and then decide whether to email my senators and representatives asking them to support it. I am not crazy about the idea that Congress has the right to regulate the state governments in this fashion, but you are correct - the very nuttiness of these two decision does seem to prove that Congress could pass laws controlling these actions.</p> Hmmmm. I think a short contemplation of US history will prove that we really do need the rights reserved to the people in the Constitution, due to our otherwise irritating habit of voting and pitching out politicians who displease us.

Nonetheless, this strikes me as poetic justice. I will read the bill and then decide whether to email my senators and representatives asking them to support it. I am not crazy about the idea that Congress has the right to regulate the state governments in this fashion, but you are correct – the very nuttiness of these two decision does seem to prove that Congress could pass laws controlling these actions.

]]> By: Michael H. http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html/comment-page-1#comment-1454 Michael H. Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:13:19 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html #comment-1454 <p>Hi Coyote<br /> I think the Cornyn bill is just more nonsense. This needs to be addressed at the state and local level and it will need the participation of voters. This is why your post on "I don't necessarily treasure the right to vote":http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/i_dont_necesari.html missed the mark. Our private property rights and our other rights are not protected by the U.S. Constitution or any other documents; courts can let Congress ignore these. Our rights are protected by our ability to vote and cast out those who would threaten our rights. I wrote about that here: http://chocolateandgoldcoins.blogspot.com/2005/06/my-thoughts-on-kelo-vs-new-london.html</p> Hi Coyote
I think the Cornyn bill is just more nonsense. This needs to be addressed at the state and local level and it will need the participation of voters. This is why your post on “I don’t necessarily treasure the right to vote”:http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/i_dont_necesari.html missed the mark. Our private property rights and our other rights are not protected by the U.S. Constitution or any other documents; courts can let Congress ignore these. Our rights are protected by our ability to vote and cast out those who would threaten our rights. I wrote about that here: http://chocolateandgoldcoins.blogspot.com/2005/06/my-thoughts-on-kelo-vs-new-london.html

]]> By: honestpartisan http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html/comment-page-1#comment-1453 honestpartisan Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:14:06 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/06/maybe_raich_let.html #comment-1453 <p>Your (modest?) proposal highlights the salutary effect of judicial restraint (that is, judges declining to meddle in legislative determinations, as they did in Kelo and Raich). If this exercise of eminent domain is bad -- and I think it is, although not unconstitutional -- deal with it legislatively and democratically.</p> Your (modest?) proposal highlights the salutary effect of judicial restraint (that is, judges declining to meddle in legislative determinations, as they did in Kelo and Raich). If this exercise of eminent domain is bad — and I think it is, although not unconstitutional — deal with it legislatively and democratically.

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