"Bollinger: Rich bully is getting his way" (NY Post)

Columbia2002
Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:36:15 +0000

You keep digging yourself deeper and deeper into a hole of cluelessness.



1. while it is ny that authorized it, theres a freaking reason it was tried in Supreme Court, not local or state courts. Its a constitutional issue that breeches past a local dispute



First, the US Supreme Court elected not to hear the case, which they do 98-99% of the time they are asked to hear a case, so nothing was “tried in the Supreme Court.” Second, stop trying to sound smart by saying things like “breeches past a local dispute.” You’re really not making any point at all, and you are merely demonstrating your ignorance of the fact that local disputes implicating constitutional rights arise on a daily basis in towns all across America.



2. i use to think eminent domain was cruel too, but how the hell else would you expect the country to develop in terms of infrasctructure? there are some instances when I think eminent was fair and others when I thought it was a bit unfair, but oh well, I have come to understand the world is not always fair grow up you hoe



“Used” not “use” – learn English. Eminent domain should be used for public uses – infrastructure as you say, like roads, schools, etc. It shouldn’t be used to give one private party’s land to another private party.



the constitution doesn’t specify eminent domain because the founding fathers meant for it to be flexible. it is implied under article 1, section 7 - quote from a professor, so guess what you hobo?



Once again, you don’t get the difference between the state and federal government. Article 1 of the Constitution is about the powers of Congress. You tried to sound impressive by talking about what “Article 1” lets Congress do to justify the State of New York’s actions here. Moreover, you lack an understanding as to why your professor was likely saying what he did – he was making a point about federalism to explain that the federal government (and not just a state government) has an eminent domain power, a fact that was not recognized until almost 100 years after the Constitution was ratified.