[Vision2020] supreme court-kelo

donald toogood dtoogood at email.com
Thu Jun 30 12:48:16 PDT 2005 

This really is crazy as hell. They just wanna take this land for
somebody's developing not anything public.

I saw where some folks are going to try and take David Souter's house I
think up in New Hampshire and turn it into a hotel soon. They want to
call it the lost liberty hotel and bring in more taxes than the judges
house does.Hell, he voted for it so turnabout's fair play. I hope they do
turn his sorry ass out. That's what it takes with those sorry sob's. They
don't give a darn what they say or write as long as it only makes trouble
for other people.

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Dear Friend:

The government can now take your home and sell it to a private developer.

"Nothing is to prevent the State from replacing any Motel 6 with a
Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory."

Those are the words of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in her dissent from
the draconian Supreme Court ruling in the case of Kelo v The City of New
London..

The Kelo decision is an outright repudiation of the most basic American
principle -- constitutional protection for life, liberty and property.

But we are not about to take this assault on our God-given liberties
lying down!

When we heard of this decision on Thursday, we immediately went to work.
And Senator John Cornyn has already answered the call.

Just hours ago, Senator Cornyn introduced legislation in the United
States Senate -- The Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private
Property Act of 2005.

This legislation will help correct the High Court's draconian Kelo
decision and begin to restore our private property rights as guaranteed
in the Constitution.

But Senator Cornyn needs your help. 

Every Senator who stands for individual liberty should co-sponsor this
legislation.

It's a no-brainer.  For our elected leaders, there is nowhere to run and
nowhere to hide.

That's why I want ALL 100 Members of the United States Senate to
co-sponsor this vital legislation.

And -- more importantly -- I make you this promise -- for those who
refuse to help -- we will hold their feet to the fire and expose their
refusal to every man, woman and child in America!

Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax message to
President George W. Bush, and the Members of the Senate Leadership.

Join us and demand that the Senate leaders sign on as co-sponsors of the
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses and Private Property Act of 2005.

Tell the Senate Leadership -- in no uncertain terms -- that you will view
any refusal to co-sponsor this vital legislation as a rejection of basic
freedom and a refusal to stand up for regular Americans over the
interests of big developers and big government.

Tell them that there will be a reckoning.  Republican or Democrat...
THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.

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IF THIS RULING DOES NOT SCARE YOUR SOCKS OFF --  IT SHOULD!

While the government has always maintained the "right" to take your house
and property, there were constitutionally mandated limits.

Under the 5th Amendment to the Constitution, governments could exercise
"eminent domain" to turn you out of house and home if they paid you "just
compensation" -- although what you consider just compensation and what
the government considers just compensation could differ tremendously.

Moreover, the "seizure" had to occur for a legitimate "public use," i.e.,
roads, utilities lines, sewers, schools, etc., or to rid the community of
a "blighted area."

The recent Supreme Court decision, however, totally perverted the concept
of "public use" and effectively set up a system whereby the government
could and will collude with corporate interests to deprive you of your
property.

O'Connor added in her dissent, "... property may now be taken for the
benefit of another private party... the fallout from this decision will
not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with
disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including
large corporations and development firms. As for the victims, the
government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer
resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this
perverse result."

This Supreme Court ruling is the textbook definition of big government
trying to TAKE OVER OUR LIVES!

Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax message to
President George W. Bush, and the Members of the Senate Leadership.

Join us and demand that the Senate leaders sign on as co-sponsors of the
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses and Private Property Act of 2005.

Tell the Senate Leadership -- in no uncertain terms -- that you will view
any refusal to co-sponsor this vital legislation as a rejection of basic
freedom and a refusal to stand up for regular Americans over the
interests of big developers and big government.

Tell them that there will be a reckoning.  Republican or Democrat...
THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.

http://www.cfiflistmanager.org/kelonm.html

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KELO IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF ABUSE

Just in case you still don't believe that the government can -- and will
-- "seize" your home at the behest of greedy corporate titans -- consider
the actual circumstances of the Kelo case.

In 1997, an international industrial behemoth approached state and local
government officials.

The company wanted to build a 90 acre complex --  to include a conference
center, a hotel complex, offices, condominiums and, eventually, an
aquarium -- directly across the river from their existing plant in a
neighborhood called New Trumbull -- apparently they liked the view this
location afforded them.

In response to the corporation's request, New London's city council
declared this waterfront middle-class neighborhood "blighted," condemned
the properties, told the home-owners to leave -- after offering a
"compensation package" that many of them rejected -- and transferred
eminent domain power to the New London Development Corporation -- a
private company.

And yes, there were allegations of graft, kick-backs and corruption.

Kelo and a group of homeowners took their case all the way to the Supreme
Court.

And the court -- totally ignoring the reality that the "blighted"
designation was totally bogus -- ruled the government could exercise
"eminent domain" anyway because the corporate complex would generate more
tax revenue and thus benefit the community.

The rest -- as they say is history -- but the history books aren't closed
on this one!

Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax message to
President George W. Bush, and the Members of the Senate Leadership.

Join us and demand that the Senate leaders sign on as co-sponsors of the
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses and Private Property Act of 2005.

Tell the Senate Leadership -- in no uncertain terms -- that you will view
any refusal to co-sponsor this vital legislation as a rejection of basic
freedom and a refusal to stand up for regular Americans over the
interests of big developers and big government.

Tell them that there will be a reckoning.  Republican or Democrat...
THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.

http://www.cfiflistmanager.org/kelonm.html

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KELO IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT

The Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm committed to
protecting property rights, estimates that over 10,000 homeowners are
presently in danger due to the Kelo ruling.

Or consider the following commentary from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers
Association:

"For many homeowners, the city's argument (in Kelo) has all the subtlety
of the schoolyard bully who justifies taking your lunch money because, he
says, he has a better use for it.

"In California, we've seen redevelopment agencies run roughshod over
property owners for years. Unspoiled homes and other property are
declared 'blighted' so they can be condemned and turned into car
dealerships or supermarkets that will produce more tax revenue. The
actual condition of the property that is condemned seems to have little
relevance -- in at least one instance a golf course was declared blighted
because it suited the goals of the redevelopment commission. Back in New
London, the homes targeted by the city would be regarded by most people
as middle class.

"Bad behavior by redevelopment agencies is not all that surprising when
one realizes that in many communitie! s the redevelopment commissioners
are city council members wearing a different hat. What better way to
repay a developer's campaign contribution than to reward them with a
piece of prime property for a new shopping mall?"

The Kelo desicion is a formula for graft and corruption.

Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax message to
President George W. Bush, and the Members of the Senate Leadership.

Join us and demand that the Senate leaders sign on as co-sponsors of the
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses and Private Property Act of 2005.

Tell the Senate Leadership -- in no uncertain terms -- that you will view
any refusal to co-sponsor this vital legislation as a rejection of basic
freedom and a refusal to stand up for regular Americans over the
interests of big developers and big government.

Tell them that there will be a reckoning.  Republican or Democrat...
THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.

http://www.cfiflistmanager.org/kelonm.html

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THIS LAND IS (NOT) YOUR LAND:  THIS LAND IS MY LAND!

Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves at the prospect
that the Supreme Court would allow the government to collude with large
corporations to dispossess people of their land and property.

We fought a war over 200 years ago to put a stop to this very kind of
thing!

The Kelo ruling is a MONUMENTAL POWER GRAB plain and simple -- a
diabolical hybrid of big government and big corporations, where
competition is limited and profits and tax revenues are maximized.

The Kelo ruling is not just un-American -- it represents a clear and
present danger to each and every one of us.  No home is safe and your
home could be next!

If conservatives are truly champions of individual freedom and liberals
are truly champions of the "common man," Senator Cornyn's legislation
should be a no-brainer.

There can be NO EXCUSE for ANY SENATOR not to join Senator Cornyn and
co-sponsor this legislation.

And -- like Dorothy, from The Wizard of Oz -- we must pull back the
curtain and see which of our elected leaders will stand up for freedom
with average Americans and which stand with developers who want to take
our homes and turn them into strip malls.

I want to see what the Senate liberals -- who have been strangely silent
on this issue -- say when you bombard them with your faxes.

And those who refuse to help -- we must join together to hold their feet
to the fire and expose their refusal to every man, woman and child in
America!

Please help me!

Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax message to
President George W. Bush, and the Members of the Senate Leadership.

Join us and demand that the Senate leaders sign on as co-sponsors of the
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses and Private Property Act of 2005.

Tell the Senate Leadership -- in no uncertain terms -- that you will view
any refusal to co-sponsor this vital legislation as a rejection of basic
freedom and a refusal to stand up for regular Americans over the
interests of big developers and big government.

Tell them that there will be a reckoning.  Republican or Democrat...
THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.

http://www.cfiflistmanager.org/kelonm.html

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If the above hyperlink does not function, please copy and paste it into
the address bar of your browser.

Yours In Freedom,

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