More Supreme Court Catastrophes

In a depressing 5-4 ruling today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of group rights above the rights of the individual. The basics of the case involved a local governments ability to seize private property (such as your home) and give it to another private party (such as a hotel chain) for the greater good of the community (in the hopes of increasing tax revenue). This is nothing but shameful. Shameful that local governments would be in the business of doing this, and shameful that the Supreme Court of this great land would uphold there ability to do so.

The only bright side of this decision is that it was met with fierce opposition from the 4 dissenting judges, including O'Connor, Rehnquist, Thomas, and Scalia. This is good since it furthers the likelihood that the decision would be overturned in the future. The other good news is that the decision is receiving mainstream press coverage, and not as positively toned as you would expect.

Personal freedom has taken another stomach punch here. With any luck, next time I will be writing about a big win on the liberty front. Wish me luck.