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This advertisement is really impressive and detailed!

Taking a page from the Obama campaign playbook, Planned Parenthood Monday rolled out a last-ditch Facebook campaign aimed at scaring liberal voters to the polls highlighting what they imagine a future Supreme Court would look like under Mitt Romney.

The ad features a June 2014 New York Times front page trumpeting the overturning of Roe v. Wade and ominously warning that a Romney court nominee turned out to be the decicive vote.

The ad imagines “newcomer Justice Kavanaugh” as joining in an opinion “written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts” that “threw the status quo on abortion rights out the window.” Judge Brett Kavanaugh, currently on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, apparently is imagined to have replaced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who does not appear in the line-up of votes in the ad.

The fine print under the majority bloc by CJ Roberts says:

Too long has a bunch of ninnies run this country and this court. Frankly, we are tired of it. We do not enjoy modernity, and the moral grayscale that came into popularity after the age of colonies and slaves ended. But we probably hav ea bunch of legal language to dress that up with here.

The text under the “dissenting joint opinion reads”:

The court regards its trained statutory interpretation as judicial modesty. It is not. It amounts instead to a vast judicial overreaching. It creates a debilitated government.”

Very creative!

Somehow I knew this would happen.

Money raised will go toward rebuilding Seaside Heights, N.J., the boardwalk town often seen in MTV’s reality show that was hit especially hard by the storm. Cast members from Jersey Shore will appear in the special along with other guest stars to be announced later.

Here are photographs of Grand Central station, the site of the famous Penn Central Transportation Company v. City of New York.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When teaching Penn Central Co. v. NYC, it is very important to stress that the proposed construction atop Grand Central Station must be viewed in the context of the then-recently built Pan-Am Building (now the Met Life building). 

Here is a map of where Grand Central Station is located:

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The Pan-Am Building stands immediately behind Grand Central Station, and blocked any conceivable view of downtown Manhattan. The Commission noted that building above Grand Central would cut off “the dramatic view of the Terminal from Park Avenue South.”

 

 

 

To give you a sense of where Grand Central is, and how it would fit into the city, this diagram is helpful:

Here are blueprints of the two proposed designs to build above Grand Central. The first design, Breur I, would have preserved the exterior and built a tower. “The first, Breuer I, provided for the construction of a 55-story office building, to be cantilevered above the existing facade and to rest on the roof of the Terminal.”

The second design, Breur II, would have stripped the facade and built the tower. “The second, Breuer II Revised, called for tearing down a portion of the Terminal that included the 42d Street facade, stripping off some of the remaining features of the Terminal’s facade, and constructing a 53-story office building.”

Today, we will cover the two main regulatory takings case, both of which involve the word Penn–Penn Coal v. Mahon and Penn Central v. NYC.

Section B (Afternoon)

• Live Chat
• Lecture Notes

Section D (Evening)

• Live Chat
• Lecture Notes

Subsidence describes the proces whereby land shifts down due to under-ground mining.

This image courtesy of Wikimedia illustrates subsidence:

Here are photographs of Grand Central station, the site of the famous Penn Central Transportation Company v. City of New York.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When teaching Penn Central Co. v. NYC, it is very important to stress that the proposed construction atop Grand Central Station must be viewed in the context of the then-recently built Pan-Am Building (now the Met Life building). 

Here is a map of where Grand Central Station is located:

View Larger Map

The Pan-Am Building stands immediately behind Grand Central Station, and blocked any conceivable view of downtown Manhattan. The Commission noted that building above Grand Central would cut off “the dramatic view of the Terminal from Park Avenue South.”

 

 

 

To give you a sense of where Grand Central is, and how it would fit into the city, this diagram is helpful:

Here are blueprints of the two proposed designs to build above Grand Central. The first design, Breur I, would have preserved the exterior and built a tower. “The first, Breuer I, provided for the construction of a 55-story office building, to be cantilevered above the existing facade and to rest on the roof of the Terminal.”

The second design, Breur II, would have stripped the facade and built the tower. “The second, Breuer II Revised, called for tearing down a portion of the Terminal that included the 42d Street facade, stripping off some of the remaining features of the Terminal’s facade, and constructing a 53-story office building.”

I hope if anyone ever asks this question again, they will think of this picture of a resident of Coney Island (where my mom grew up) who has to guard his home with a baseball bat from looters, and “warning he had a gun.” When there is an emergency, such as Superstorm Sandy, and the state is unable to help, people are on their own. And that is when personal ownership of firearms becomes most important. For those would say people should not be armed, and that they oppose vigilantism, please just think of this person trying to guard his family and his home. A baseball bat is only so effective. The reason why the Post could not print a photo of a person holding a firearm is that such an act would be illegal in New York City.

Update: This New Yorker is forced to resort to Medieval Times with a bow and arrow to defend their lives, liberty, and property.

And another local surfer said he has knives, a machete and a bow and arrow on the ready. Gunshots and slow-rolling cars have become a common  fixture of the night since Hurricane Sandy.

“I would take a looter with a boa. If I felt threatened I would definitely use it,” said Keone Singlehurst, 42. “Its like the Wild West. A borderline lawless situation.”

City Councilman James Sanders (D-Far Rockaway) said he fears the situation will devolve into anarchy.

“We have an explosive mix here,” said Sanders. “People will take matters into their own hands.”

Walter Meyer, 37, lives in Park Slope but often surfs in the Rockaways. He said it’s not the place it was before the storm.

“After sunset everyone locks their doors,” said Meyer, as he loaded up a solar panel from a factory in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to bring to local residents. “They’re trying to find whatever weapons they can find. Some people are even using bows and arrows.”

“If you are heeding into the Rockaway beach to assist, there is a request for firearms, hot food, and cold beer. These next 24 hours are critical for these folks, the government has really let them down,” Meyer posted on Facebook Thursday.

I’m sure the Mayor will ensure that all of these lawbreakers are prosecuted–the people with guns, that is. After all, today he said:

“The NYPD is the only people we want on the street with guns.”