Eminent Domain Irony, Activists Seek to Evict Souter From Home

Posted on January 21, 2006

Angered by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with a Connecticut city that wanted to seize homes for economic development, a group of activists is trying to get one of the justices who voted for the decision evicted from his own home.

The group, led by a California man, wants Justice David Souter’s home seized for the purpose of building an inn called “Lost Liberty Hotel.”

They submitted enough petition signatures — only 25 were needed — to bring the matter before voters in March. This weekend, they’re descending on Souter’s hometown, the central New Hampshire town of Weare, population 8,500, to rally for support.

“This is in the tradition of the Boston Tea Party and the Pine Tree Riot,” organizer Logan Darrow Clements said, referring to the riot that took place during the winter of 1771-1772, when colonists in Weare beat up officials appointed by King George III who fined them for logging white pines without approval.

“All we’re trying to do is put an end to eminent domain abuse,” Clements said, by having those who advocate or facilitate it “live under it, so they understand why it needs to end.”

The irony is quite beautiful. The power that Judges abuse in taking away true liberty need to remember that true justice will always set the balance straight. Perhaps this will make Souter think twice before ruling in favor of socialism.

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4 Responses to “Eminent Domain Irony, Activists Seek to Evict Souter From Home”

mild mannered reporter on January 21st, 2006 5:51 pm

This is justice for a liberal Justice. I wonder how Souter feels now about Eminent Domain.
Motormouth on January 21st, 2006 6:10 pm

Yep, never bite the hand that feeds ya.
actus on January 21st, 2006 9:27 pm

Interestingly, according to the Kelo opininion these activists won’t succeed.
KERWIN on January 22nd, 2006 1:33 am

It sounds like a good way to protest the Highland Clearances that were probably a the main reason for the eminent domain clause in the Fifth Amendment. The Highland Clearances happened when landlords decided that it was more profitable to herd sheep than rent the land. So the Scottish people who had lived on the land for centuries were given the boot and many came to the colonies which rebelled soon after. As you sow so shall you reap.