Libertarians Continue To Prove Sense of Humor

In response to the Kelo v. New London opinion, libertarians have really taken the Supremes seriously.

First, a libertarian businessman went after Justice Souter's house.

Now, a different group of libertarians are going after Justice Breyer's vacation home.

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The New Hampshire Libertarian Party is collecting signatures for a petition to ask the town to use Justice Stephen G. Breyer's 167-acre Plainfield property to create a "Constitution Park," with stone monuments to commemorate the U.S. and New Hampshire constitutions, said party Vice Chairman Mike Lorrey.

"The point is: What goes around comes around," Lorrey said. "This is a way of saying, 'You're going to be held to your own standard.'" Lorrey said the Libertarian petition would place the land-taking request before a town meeting next spring.

The Souter effort failed, as will this one most likely. These efforts are mostly publicity stunts, but they do a public service of keeping this abortion of a Supreme Court opinion in public spot light and perhaps may even make a Justice or two realize the idiocy of his or her vote in Kelo.