Saturday, June 25, 2005

Is Justice Breyer a socialist??

Is this Karl Marx or Justice Breyer speaking during Kelo oral arguments?
BULLOCK: Well, Your Honor, the limit is that there cannot be takings for private use.

BREYER: Of course, there can't, purely. But there is no taking for private use that you could imagine in reality that wouldn't also have a public benefit of some kind, whether it's increasing jobs or increasing taxes, et cetera.

That's a fact of the world. And so given that fact of the world, that is law, why shouldn't the law say, okay, virtually every taking is all right, as long as there is some public benefit which there always is and it's up to the legislature.

BULLOCK: Your Honor, we think that that cuts way too broadly.

BREYER: Because?

BULLOCK: Because then every property, every home, every business can then be taken for any private use.

BREYER: No. It could only be taken if there is a public use and there almost always is. Now, do you agree with that, or do you not agree with my last empirical statement?

BULLOCK: Well, again, the eminent domain power is broad, but there has to be limits.

BREYER: Now, that's, of course, my question. The question is, if you agree with the empirical statement that there almost always is some public benefit attached, then my question is, why must there be a limit within that broad framework?

BULLOCK: Well, Your Honor, I think with public -- with just having a simple public benefit, then there really is no distinction between public and private uses.
Justice Breyer doesn't really believe in constitutions.He might be the most important socialist in America today.The judge simply doesn't believe in private property.Breyer should be impeached.WorldNetDaily