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see http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--seizingproperty0703jul03,0,3062007.story? As if things weren't bad enough for Suzette Kelo after the Supreme Court ruled that her city government could take her house and give it to a co… more »

PUBLISHED in the New York Times, 7/6/05 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/opinion/l06scotus.html? re: Democrats Warn Bush on Choosing Successor to O'Connor (NY Times 7/1/05) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/01/politics/01cnd-reax.html? To the Edito… more »

See "NYC Moves Fast on Eminent Domain Opportunity" http://smagar.redstate.org/story/2005/6/26/135255/808 more »

[A shorter version of this article can be found on RealClearPolitics.com at: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-6_28_05_RK.html] [For a PDF version of this article, click here: Ross Kaminsky on the Kelo Supreme Court Decision Left click… more »

Thanks to the National Taxpayers' Union blog, www.governmentbytes.com, for bringing this excellent news story to my attention: Will Judge Souter get a taste of his own medicine? http://www.freestarmedia.com/hotellostliberty2.html more »

PUBLISHED in the Rocky Mountain News, 6/30/05 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion/article/0,1299,DRMN_38_3892561,00.html re: "Court: Some Commandments Displays OK" (AP via Yahoo, 6/27/05) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/200… more »

http://blog.rossputin.com Supreme Court rules against file sharing services, Ten Commandments in public, Reporter privacy, independent cable-based internet companies [third update] Summaries of today's Court decisions, the last of this term:… more »

re: "In Battle to Pick Next Justice, Right Says, Avoid a Kennedy" (NY Times, 6/27/05) http://nytimes.com/2005/06/27/politics/27kennedy.html? To the Editors: It is an insult to libertarians to consider Justice Anthony Kennedy one. Libertarians have… more »

see "Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes" (AP via Yahoo, 6/23/05) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050623/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_seizing_property In the worst Supreme Court decision in recent memory, the Court ruled 5-4 that the city of New London,… more »

[A good friend of mine who comments on this site as "The Freak" offers this discussion of the current state of understanding about the judicial system, and the historical context surrounding it.] The recent discussion on judicial appointments – from t… more »