Unsolicited bid: XL Center

[CL82]

I don't have to be "ok" with a decision that interprets the constitution incorrectly.

You're attempting to make a correlation where none exists. The decades of precedent didn't exist in Dred Scott, and that decision invalidated legislation (vs. Kelo upholding it) such that there was no "legislative solution" outside of a constitutional amendment.

Mmm, Kelo was a big jump in that it expanded the term "public use" to include seizure f/b/o a third party. IIRC Berman was probably the closest case which allowed government to plow down some "urban blight." That was probably in the '80s. There wasn't much activity between then and Kelo. You can argue that Kelo was a natural evolution, but saying that there were decades of precedent supporting taking for private use is a bridge too far.

 

[BlueMAB]

I don't have to be "ok" with a decision that interprets the constitution incorrectly.

You're attempting to make a correlation where none exists. The decades of precedent didn't exist in Dred Scott, and that decision invalidated legislation (vs. Kelo upholding it) such that there was no "legislative solution" outside of a constitutional amendment.

No I'm not. I'm making the point that judges are fallible. You're 100% okay with a decision that interprets the constitution incorrectly because you're relying on dicta set by incorrect interpretations.

Here's another bastion of right-wing conservatism criticizing the decision....and the dicta behind it.

Kelo and Precedent

 

[sledog]

The Civic Center roof didn't buckle again from snow load this winter, so who knows?

Regarding Kelo, the NL plans for it's neighborhood has been a fantastic success!!! Looks like Times Square on a Sat nite.

 

[White Dwarf]

250 mil would buy a lot of turd polish.

 

[CTBasketball]

The Civic Center roof didn't buckle again from snow load this winter, so who knows?

Regarding Kelo, the NL plans for it's neighborhood has been a fantastic success!!! Looks like Times Square on a Sat nite.

Once you kick aside the heroin needles on Bank St. the place really glows.

 

[uconnbill]

from a review of the recently released indie film, Little Pink House, about Kelo -
"The Kelo case generated a massive public reaction, with over 80% of Americans opposing the ruling, and 45 states passing reform laws intended to restrict the use of eminent domain for private development. No other case united such disparate people and groups as the NAACP, libertarian property rights advocates, Ralph Nader, and Rush Limbaugh."

you forgot conservatives as I don't know one who liked the decision and I know I didn't.

 

[freescooter]

Yeah, the ACLU is a bastion of right-wing conservatism.

The bottom line is our supreme court decided it was okay for the government to force the sale of private property for public benefit rather than public use. And yet the public didn't benefit, because that land still sits vacant today; and there's been no development leading to a boost in property taxes. So Kelo lost her house and CT homeowners lost their property rights. The only benefit to New London was whatever money was spent at local business during the production of that movie.

Dred Scott lost in court every time at every level. I suppose that means the courts are infallible right?

It wasn’t the ACLU FYI. Lots of reasons that the land sits vacant. One big one was that the lawsuit made investment impossible for several years, by which point the economy had totally changed. But really except for That house the neighborhood was a slum. Illegal conversions, 900 sf houses subdivided into 10 “apartments”. Stuff like that. Awful and dangerous. All surrounding the sewage treatment plant.

 

[BlueMAB]

It wasn’t the ACLU FYI. Lots of reasons that the land sits vacant. One big one was that the lawsuit made investment impossible for several years, by which point the economy had totally changed. But really except for That house the neighborhood was a slum. Illegal conversions, 900 sf houses subdivided into 10 “apartments”. Stuff like that. Awful and dangerous. All surrounding the sewage treatment plant.

The ACLU fought against the decision and stood with Kelo, FYI.

 

[uconnbill]

This is what's wrong with Connecticut and how it deals with the XL center and will be the downfall of it.