A Stitch in Haste

"Eleven states are giving voters their first chance this fall to override [sic] last year's Supreme Court ruling that allows local governments seeking more tax revenue to seize private property and give it to developers."

"Override"? What does that mean? I've heard of overturning Supreme Court rulings, but how do states "override" decisions from the high court?

They don't, of course:

The Supreme Court said states can restrict the use of eminent domain under their own constitutions.

Well yes, that was true before Kelo and would have been true had Kelo been decided any differently. That was hardly the Supreme Court being charitable -- it was the Supreme Court being cowardly.

Bottom line: Sloppy reporting for a sloppy audience.

As for the ballot measures themselves, I see no cause for celebration. Rights should not be subject to majority vote, even when such votes actually occur. The majoritarian mob that can "guarantee" rights can just as easily trample them. Gays know this all too well.

Kelo was not only wrongly decided but moronically decided. And the fact that some people, sometimes, in some places, might not be its victims misses the point entirely.