Re: Request to remove Information
On 11/18/05, Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org> wrote:
Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I'm really not sure what you mean here. Perhaps an example of a law that
> is meant to be friendly to the community but is unfriendly to an
> individiual would be in order?
I think the recent Supreme Court ruling on the 5th Ammendment [sic] is a prime
example.
This thread is just way out of hand[1], but if you're speaking of the
US Supreme Court's decision in _Kelo v. New London_, you've apparently
bought the MSM's spin on it. All the Court did in that case was
reaffirm at least 50 (and arguably 200) years' worth of constitutional
law: decisions about land use should be made _locally_ and not be
second-guessed by the 9 probably-out-of-touch folks who happen to sit
on the US Supreme Court. Whether what happened in New London was
bad _policy_ (something I'll not argue) it violated no constitutional
_principle_. I thought libertarians - and I had the impression
you, Mr. Lamb, consider yourself one - preferred local to national
decision making. But maybe it depends on the decision. That
the local decision was good for the community as a whole but bad for
some individuals is arguable; that the Supreme Court should have
second-guessed it is not.
Patrick
[1]Yes, I'm a Debian user and yes, this is the debian-user list, but doesn't that imply something about SUBJECT-MATTER??
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