Sowell: Good riddance to Justice Stevens

[rbell]

I don't think we appreciate this guy enough.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/13/good_riddance_105145.html

Sowell makes some excellent points (as usual):

Justice Stevens was on the High Court for 35 years-- more's the pity, or the disgrace. Justice Stevens voted to sustain racial quotas, created "rights" out of thin air for terrorists, and took away American citizens' rights to their own homes in the infamous "Kelo" decision of 2005.

He villifies Stevens for his Kelo decision as being his worst one: This is the decision that allowed government to seize private property...not for the construction of "public use" items like a road...but rather so that a government can take your home (by force, even) and give it to another private entity--one that will bring in more tax dollars. And he's right: The monumental abuse of "Eminent Domain" championed by Stevens is beyond comprehension of intelligent, thinking, freedom-loving citizens.

Sowell also reminds Congress how imortant the appointment of a justice is...of Steven's original appointment by Gerald Ford, and subsequent Republican screwups:

There may have been some excuse for President Ford's picking such a man, in order to avoid a fight, at a time when he was an unelected President who came into office in the wake of Richard Nixon's resignation in disgrace after Watergate, creating lasting damage to the public's support of the Republicans.
But there was no such excuse for the elder President Bush to appoint David Souter, much less for President Eisenhower, with back-to-back landslide victories at the polls, to inflict William J. Brennan on the country.
In light of these justices' records, and in view of how long justices remain on the court, nominating such people was close to criminal negligence.

This guy (Sowell, not Stevens) oughta be required reading for students.

 

[just-want-peace]

This is the answer to those leftist yokels who vow and declare that any objection to the "0" is purely racial!!

I would vote for Sowell in a heartbeat for pres. -- 'Course I forgot that any black not beholden to the d party is not considered a black, so maybe I am just prejudiced!!??:sleep:

 

[Bob Alkire]

I've enjoyed Thomas for years. I had my son and daughers read his column as part of their education.

 

[windcatcher]

I have a lot... a heaping lot of respect for Thomas Sowell. He shows that he's an educated and intellectual man who does his 'homework'.

He is definately not the typical conservative air head or wind bag who rises to fame over desk tapping, dittoing, and making outlandish comments.... or marginalizes those less temporate than he for entertainment.

 

[FR7 Baptist]

I completely agree with Sowell when it comes to Kelo. That ruling was an absolute disgrace to the Supreme Court.

 

[rbell]

I completely agree with Sowell when it comes to Kelo. That ruling was an absolute disgrace to the Supreme Court.

You know...sometimes I'll read a SC ruling, and I'll disagree with it...but I'll understand at least on some level the rationale behind the ruling.

Then there's Kelo. I'm sorry...but there's simply no way to constitutionally justify this ruling.