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Supreme Court Overturns Precedent In Property Rights Case. A Sign Of Things To Come?
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that property owners can go directly to federal court with claims that state and local regulations effectively deprive landowners of the use of their property.
The 5-to-4 decision overturned decades of precedent that barred property owners from going to federal court until their claims had been denied in state court.
Federal courts are often viewed as friendlier than state courts for such property claims. The decision, with all five of the court's conservatives in the majority, may have particular effects in cities and coastal areas that have strict regulations for development.
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Supreme Court Ruling Allows Property Owners to Go Directly to Federal Court Over Local Regulations
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by ilPapa on Monday June 24 2019, @04:05PM (3 children)
You might want to ask those citizens, who oppose building a wall in very large majorities (you can check whichever poll you like on your own, but the most support the wall has ever gotten is about 40%).
If they were to build a wall (they're not) they would have to use eminent domain, because 2/3 of the land across our Southern border is owned privately.
You know that Brian Kolfage is a scam-artist, right? He's the guy behind "right-wing news" who was caught posting fake stories on Facebook. He's built 1/2 mile of fence, on private property. Do you think migrants who've traveled thousands of miles can't walk another 1/2 mile? I hope you look into him before you send him money from your disability check.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 24 2019, @04:35PM (1 child)
That short stretch of wall is strategically located. There are steep hills to the east and west, with some ridges running north and south below the steep hills, and a nice flat valley at the bottom. That stretch of wall is the stopper in the bottleneck.
Kolfage is a scam artist? I dunno that - maybe he is. But, he has delivered a wall, where the Army Corps of Engineers said a wall wasn't needed. The "natural barrier" that the engineers pointed at, is now supplemented with a physical barrier that has demonstrably impeded foot traffic in the area.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @07:01PM
Now all we need to do is impose tariffs on Mexico (or bomb Mexico City) until they ban ladders and any materials that can be used to construct them, and we'll be all set!
USA! USA! USA!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @11:46PM
If you're blocked by a 1/2 mile fence, and you walk 1/2 mile before you can get by it ... you went the wrong way.