I would hope that Rep. Conyers would take the time to respond to this press report in the Washington Post.
The latest Tom DeLay trick is to undermine Supreme Court decisions by denying funding to agencies that are responsible for implementing them. The motivation for this is to try to circumvent Supreme Court rulings and ignore that the rule of law is the foundation of our system, and that the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of the law.
This time, conservatives are unhappy with the Kelo decision on eminent domain. However, rather than abide by the law, Tom DeLay has announced that the Federal Govt will withhold funding from any city or county that uses eminent domain in the manner permitted by Kelo.
What's odd in this case - John Conyers is backing the Republican leadership on this - not our own.
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