Good Afternoon . .
There was so much news from the Supreme Court this morning that the Morning Update was dedicated to the Court's activites.
This afternoon we will concentrate on other news.
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A US citizen has been charged with plotting to kill President Bush and supporting Al-Qaida.
Abu Ali was arrested in Saudi Arabia as a suspected terrorist. Ali is a native of Virginia and was charged formally at the US District Courthouse in Alexandria.
Yahoo! News Photos - Man Charged in Plot to Kill Bush
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A Florida circuit court has issued an emergency stay that will prevent Michael Schiavo from removing a feeding tube from his brain dead wife, Terry Schindler Schiavo. The same court had given Schiavo permission on two other occasions.
The Schindler family continues to press any court that will listen to deny Schiavo rights granted him by virtually every court. The court has scheduled a gearing for Wednesday to hear further argumewnt.
The Schindler family says that advances in neurological practice can be used to discover the true state of Terry's mental and cognitive state. No doctor has sided with the Schilndler family.
Last month the US Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in the case.
Florida Court Issues Emergency Stay in Schiavo Case -- 02/22/2005
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Although he says he is not considering a run for the presidency in 2008, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) spoke to Republicans in South Carolina Monday. During the 25 minute address, Romney blasted the MA Judicial Court and its stand on gay marriage and praised Presidents Reagan and Bush for their struggles against worldwide tyrrany and higher taxes.
Sounds like the beginning of a stump speech to me. Romney would be a very viable candidate for President. He has the charisma, the record, and the conservative credentials needed.
South Carolina is a key state for Republicans with presidential aspirations.
Boston.com / News / Local / Romney talks 'right' on social issues in S.C.
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Emminent domain is the power of a government, primarily local, to condem property for redevelopment. Generally it is used by cities to make improvements to property or for a governmental use. In the Chicago area, Mayor Richard Daley has been trying for years to use it to expand O'Hare International Airport to the detremnent of local businesses and villages.
While governemnts compensate property owners, New London CT home owners say that eminent domain should not be used to condemn peroperty for use by land developers to build upscale property that will enhance the local government coffes with additional tax revenue.
The US Supreme Court heard arguments today in the New Lonmdon case.
Justices questioned the lawyer reperesenting the residents on why the Court should be involved in this case and how to distinguish between proper and improper property seizure.
Justices also questioned the right of the city to condemn property for the sole purpose of upgrading it to enhance tax revenues.
If the Court eventually sides with the CT residents, it could cast doubt on many projects across the country from shopping malls to baseball parks and, yes, Mayor Daley, to O'Hare International Airport.
Yahoo! News - Supreme Court hears case on government's power to seize property
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More tomorrow in the Morning Briefing.
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