06-28-2006, 07:59 PM | #1 | ||
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(POL) Who needs checks and balances..
Apparently, not only can the Prez decide that what Congress does doesn't matter if he feels it doesn't apply, but that the courts can be ignored too.
(and yes, I agree with him, but there's a bigger principle at issue.) http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...060623-10.html This pretty much eviscerates the Kelo decision.
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06-28-2006, 08:02 PM | #2 |
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It reads like it affects the federal government only... is that so? If so, it's not a reversal of Kelo at all.
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06-28-2006, 08:06 PM | #3 |
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reads more like the government will fight any municipal gov that tries it, to me, although there's so much legal/double speak it's confusing.
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06-28-2006, 08:07 PM | #4 |
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I still don't see it, but maybe I'm missing something.
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06-28-2006, 08:09 PM | #5 | |
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Just for convenience:
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06-28-2006, 08:10 PM | #6 |
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"Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect the rights of Americans to their private property, including by limiting the taking of private property by the Federal Government to situations in which the taking is for public use, with just compensation, and for the purpose of benefiting the general public and not merely for the purpose of advancing the economic interest of private parties to be given ownership or use of the property taken."
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06-28-2006, 08:10 PM | #7 |
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The Kelo decision basically left it to the policymakers of each level of government to decide their own policy. The executive branch of the federal government is fully within its authority to exercise restraint in this regard, by this sort of order.
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06-28-2006, 08:16 PM | #8 |
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Yup, this is a non-issue. There has been abuse of signing statements by Bush, IMO, but this ain't one of them.
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06-28-2006, 08:19 PM | #9 | |
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I think you may be confusing terms -- this isn't a signing statement, it's an Executive Order. |
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06-28-2006, 08:19 PM | #10 |
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ah ok. Missed that.
as we say in the streets of muthahuggin Franklin.. My bad, dog. (yes, that was supposed to be silly)
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06-28-2006, 08:20 PM | #11 | |
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Entirely possible. The story I first read about this in was a small-town Wisconsin newspaper, and called it a signing statement, so consider the source. But I apologize for my mix-up. |
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06-29-2006, 07:02 AM | #12 |
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I agree with Quik, et al.
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