"Jeff" wrote in message
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* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 3/13/2007 12:10 PM:
Where have you been? Don't you remember the recent Supreme Court
decision that states it is legal for government to condemn private
property for no other reason than so it can be sold to a developer
in
order to increase the tax base? A total abuse of the eminent domain
principle.

Hey, Wilbur: What was the makeup of the Court that approved that
extension
of emminent domain? And who exactly were the people pushing for that
decision so that they could take over and develp somebody else's
private property?


Five liberal justices voted in favor of the right to take the
property. Four justices voted against. The five voting for were
appointed by Democrat Presidents. The four voting against by
Republican presidents.

It was the developers who sued to take away the land. I don't know
their political affiliation.

Five Supreme Court justices appointed by Democrats???? Its been a
while since we've had that!

John Roberts G.W. Bush September 29, 2005 John Paul Stevens Ford
December 19, 1975
Antonin Scalia Reagan September 26, 1986
Anthony Kennedy Reagan February 18, 1988
David Souter G.H.W. Bush October 9, 1990
Clarence Thomas G.H.W. Bush October 23, 1991 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Clinton August 10, 1993
Stephen Breyer Clinton August 3, 1994
Samuel Alito G.W. Bush January 31, 2006

Also, Alito replaced Sandra Day O'Conner, who was nominated by Reagan;
Roberts replaced William Rehnquist, who was nominated by Nixon

So its been a long long time since the Supreme Court was controlled by
Democratic nominees.

You just flunked basic American History. Your citizenship has been
revoked!


You don't even have the right group, bonehead! Here's how it went down.

Stevens was joined in the majority by Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, David
H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer. If they weren't
liberals to begin with they are recognized as liberals now.

O'Connor was joined in her dissent by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. They wrote that the
majority had tilted in favor of those with "disproportionate influence
and power in the political process, including large corporations and
development firms."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...300783_pf.html

Go to the back of the class . . .

Wilbur Hubbard