jseal – don’t take it so hard! The conservative justices on the court have had a good run for the last few years, strengthening individual rights and even State’s rights! When’s the last time you heard THAT happening?

So this time the liberal justices snuck in a group rights win over the individual. Sucks for the individual, but remember that humans are herd animals. They like to congregate and hang out with people who are like themselves. That’s why we are here at Pixies. There has always been a tension between the natural desire of humans to be a part of a group and an equally natural desire to be an individual. This time the group boinked the individual – big time!

Justice Stevens wrote local officials, not federal judges, know best in deciding whether a development project will benefit the community. Har Har de Har Har! Jseal – you hail from Maryland – do you trust your local officials more than a federal judge?

dicksbro – they’re rulers, that’s all. Politicians rule by passing laws they think are good. Judges rule by making rulings they think are good. Conservative judges and politicos try to retain values. Liberals like trying out new things. Each group fixes the FUBARS of the other.

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