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

Columbia2002
Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:06:59 +0000

uh…you obviously don’t know much about government? lol dude, you sounded eloquent there when you said “I can be disappointed that Bollinger – a supposed champion of certain freedoms set forth in our Bill of Rights – holds other of those freedoms in utter contempt” haha but uh eminent domain is condoned and strengthened by the constitution…

article 1, section 7 lets congress do these kind of things to further development. supreme court, apex of social justice, agreed.

if you think youre right…(lol)…well argue it to supreme court or something. idk why youre complaining on this site. If you want sympathy…lol. w/e.



You are simply clueless.

First off, eminent domain is, for most practical purposes, a power invoked by the states rather than the federal government. And here it was New York – not the feds – that used the eminent domain power. So your talk about what “kinds of things” the Constitution authorizes Congress to do demonstrates your total ignorance.

Secondly, there is no constitutional authorization for eminent domain. A state has the power to use eminent domain simply on the basis of its existence as a sovereign. (See [BOOM COMPANY V. PATTERSON, 98 U. S. 403 :: Volume 98 :: 1878 :: Full Text :: US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez](Boom Company v. Patterson :: 98 U.S. 403 (1878) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center) – “The right of eminent domain…requires no constitutional recognition; it is an attribute of sovereignty.”) So your attempt to sound smart by talking about articles and sections of the constitution once again fails.