The Supremes Have Done it Again!

So you thought if you worked hard, bought a piece of land and built your dream house on it, and settled in to raise a family and then enjoy the Golden Years of retirement all in YOUR House… On YOUR Land…. you were entitled to do that, and you were protected by the law. You actually BELIEVED THAT? HA!

Look, citizens of this country own NOTHING. Everything belongs to the government. If you don’t believe this… try withholding your taxes for a few years and see how fast your home, your car, your payroll checks, your pension checks, and yes, your Social Security checks, will be taken by the Government.

Now, the Supreme Court of the United States says: sure, a city can take the land you own, the home you built, paid for, and are living in…. and it’s legal. Now, A jury will decide how much you are paid for the property the municipality is taking. Before this ruling it was “Fair Market Value”. No longer. Now a Jury can decide how much you will be offered.

Take a look at the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution:

FIFTH AMENDMENT [U.S. Constitution] - 'No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.'

The ruling was a 5 to 4 decision. It set the entire bank of Liberal justices, who voted for the ruling, against the Conservative justices, who voted against the ruling. The Conservative justices are: Rehnquist, Thomas, Scalia, and O’Connor.

Many of us have been decrying, for some time now, the powers the Supreme Court has assumed. Powers it does not constitutionally have. The run away decisions, made recently, seem to indicate they are on some sort of “Power Trip”.

We have been saying for sometime now that Congress needs to rein in the Court. Congress has the power under the Article three of the US Constitution. They should use it.

Some reforms are desperately needed at the Supreme Court. For starters… no lifetime appointments. Allow each Justice to serve no more than 12 years. Then have each decision of the Court reviewed by the US Congress.

In the meantime, concerned citizens of the US should push the Democrats in the Senate to approve the President’s conservative choices for the court.

The Supreme Court of the US is in “Run Away” mode. It is time to bring some common sense and reason back to the Court.

The expectation is that very shortly, possibly within days, at least one Justice, possibly two, will announce their retirement from the Court. President Bush will send up to the Senate names of Conservative nominees. The Democrats will fight those Conservative nominees with their last breath. The Republicans, in the US Senate, must be prepared to use whatever legal means necessary to see that the Presidents choices for the bench of the Supreme Court are approved and control of the Court returned to the people of this country.

Your Obedient Servant,

“Longstreet”

Fellow Republicans: Below is the list of Senate Republicans who sold the Republican Party out with their “agreement” with the Democrats on the filibuster of Conservative Judicial Nominees.Republicans: Lincoln Chafee (Rhode Island) 08, Susan Collins (Maine) 08, Mike DeWine (Ohio) 06, Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) 08, John McCain (Arizona) 08, John Warner (Virginia) 08, Olympia Snowe (Maine) o6.The next election is next year. You know how to vote. Your choice is “clear cut”.