Well the Supreme[sic] Court decided today that property rights don’t really matter. The case of Kelo vs New London was a case about Eminent Domain where the city of New London CT wanted to take people’s homes so they could give it to Pfizer for a new office campus. The justification New London used was that an office park will generate more property tax revenue than residential homes would. Thus this was a “public use”. Total F—ing BullS–t but that is government for you.

So the Court found for New London. Municipalities can kick you out of the home you lived in since childhood to build a Wal-Mart, office complex or multi-million dollar homes. Way to uphold the constitution there guys.

What does this mean for L/libertarians? It means it is that much more important for concerned citizens to run for an get elected to their city and county commissions. The Supremes just handed local governments a loaded handgun. The only way to prevent innocent causalities is to have someone responsible controlling the trigger.

Thanks to Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas and O’Connor for knowing right from wrong.

What a crappy way to start the day.