Can you really just ignore the constitution if you feel like it?

[Tecumsehsbones]

Actually, "supreme" and "paramount" are synonyms.

But you knew that.

I did, yes. But I prefer the real text. Wanna know why, exactly?

Because the Fifth Amendment says ". . . nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."

And our clever Supreme Court in Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26 (1954) decided that "public purpose" and "public use" were synonyms, which led to seizure of private property for "urban renewal." This thread of reasoning has continued, and eroded property rights more and more, through Kelo v. New London, 545 U.S. 269 (2005), when the Supremes held that the fact that a new owner of the property (a developer) would produce more tax revenue for the city than the multi-generational homes that stood on the property was sufficient "public purpose" to condemn and confiscate those homes and the land.

 

[TenPenny]

Funny how people who are so fussy about the second amendment aren't so fussy about other bits.

 

[petros]

So there's no government funding for Catholic schools? This whole controversy is made up? Wow.

As mentioned we choose which board our taxes fund all democratic like.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Funny how people who are so fussy about the second amendment aren't so fussy about other bits.

Funny how the people who are all up in arms about "rights" fall strangely silent when the Second comes up.

 

[Cannuck]

I heard somebody use the term "helicopter constitutionalist" once. It made me laugh.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

As some clever lad said, "If the left treated the Second Amendment the way they treat the rest of the Bill of Rights, gun ownership would be mandatory.

 

[petros]

You are left hand threaded nut.

 

[Hoid]

Catholic School funding has been an issue since confederation.

Basically the Catholics get to pay for both systems. But they go to Heaven - so it's it's all good.

 

[Colpy]

funny how some people who are so fussy about the second amendment aren't so fussy about other bits.

ftfy

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

You are left hand threaded nut.

I take exception to that characterisation, sir!

I identify as a cotter pin.

 

[DaSleeper]

As mentioned we choose which board our taxes fund all democratic like.

At least in Ontario....I never did look up the other provinces....sounds like It's the same where you live?

 

[Colpy]

I did, yes. But I prefer the real text. Wanna know why, exactly?

Because the Fifth Amendment says ". . . nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."

And our clever Supreme Court in Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26 (1954) decided that "public purpose" and "public use" were synonyms, which led to seizure of private property for "urban renewal." This thread of reasoning has continued, and eroded property rights more and more, through Kelo v. New London, 545 U.S. 269 (2005), when the Supremes held that the fact that a new owner of the property (a developer) would produce more tax revenue for the city than the multi-generational homes that stood on the property was sufficient "public purpose" to condemn and confiscate those homes and the land.

Yep.

But your lawyer bona fides are showing again.

Although your rationale is a good one.

 

[DaSleeper]

I take exception to that characterisation, sir!

I identify as a cotter pin.

For others A lock nut is more appropriate!

 

[petros]

At least in Ontario....I never did look up the other provinces....sounds like It's the same where you live?

In Regina, property taxes paid by non-Roman Catholic property owners are, by law, to be allocated to the Public School Division.


Property Taxes | Regina Public Schools

 

[Cannuck]

Well I'll be damned. Regina has schools now

 

[petros]

I take exception to that characterisation, sir!

I identify as a cotter pin.

And you shall be addressed as such if you choose but you aren't Putz.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Well I'll be damned. Regina has schools now

We're hoping to get them all in shoes by 2035.

 

[petros]

Well I'll be damned. Regina has schools now

It's a nice morning. Why aren't you outside playing? Did the big girls kick you in the **** and take your tumbleweed again?

 

[Cannuck]

We're hoping to get them all in shoes by 2035.

Where do I send a donation?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

It's a nice morning. Why aren't you outside playing? Did the big girls kick you in the **** and take your tumbleweed again?

From behind. Damn sneaky Induns!