A story in Friday's Grand Rapids Press illustrates the absurd depths to which right-wing judges have sunk. In awarding a plaintiff over $1 million for the state's denial of a permit to build in a steep sand dune area near Lake Michigan, an Ottawa County judge struck a blow for private over public interest. He not only soaked taxpayers under a misguided interpretation of "takings" law but allowed the plaintiff to keep the property. Next, let's start paying factories for "taking" their right to pour pollution into our air and water.
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Posted by Dave at August 14, 2004 12:18 AM