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Eminent
Domain:
Kelo v New London &
The Logic of
Destruction
Condemned
Condemned
Condemned
Condemned?
Guest: Erich Veyhl, Property Rights Activist
Topics covered include:
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To what extent is the 5th Amendment about granting government the power to take property and to what extent is it about limiting that power?
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Property rights destruction as a government’s declaration of war against the citizens.
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The reification of the abstraction “public”.
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Economic fascism.
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What is the point of private property? Why should we be “up in arms” over the abuse of private property rights through eminent domain?
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How is the right to private property of *spiritual* concern? How does it affect the creative mind?
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How today’s use of eminent domain attacks personal values. The personal intrusion on a person’s life and values.
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The Kelo Case – did everyone who gave in to eminent domain in this case want to sell?
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Why did Susette Kelo not want to accept “just compensation” for her property?
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The original objection to the Bill of Rights.
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Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissenting opinion on the Kelo VS New London case.
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The final verdict as written by Justice Stevens – government planning as the god of the scheme to undermine private property rights.
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”The Plan” supersedes individual rights, in Justice Stevens’s verdict.
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The re-defining of “public use” to be whatever the government says is its purpose in the name of the public.
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”Promoting economic development is a traditional and long-accepted governmental function.” – Justice Stevens
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Another way for government to take desirable property: the exorbitant raising of property taxes.
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Private property under fascism.
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How long has this been going on?
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What can listeners do to help wind back the destruction of property rights and the widening of the fascist trend?
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How did the Institute for Justice do in defending the Kelo case?
Links
- Full text of Kelo vs New
London decision
- Transcript of oral arguments in Kelo vs New London
- Justice Clarence Thomas
dissenting
An individual who understands the glorious Founding Ideals of the United States of America. - Justice O'Connor dissenting
- Landrights.us
Erich Veyhl's activist website - Institute
of Justice
Who tried to defend Susette Kelo et al.
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