Here’s the story (HT DivisionofLabour.com):
The groundbreaking ceremony Sunday afternoon was supposed to celebrate the start of construction of the private Jewish high school’s 18-acre campus in Sandy Springs. Instead, a mood of uncertainty and apprehension mixed with the hot late-summer air as parents and school officials grappled with the realization that all the plans they’ve made may be in jeopardy.
The Fulton County school system wants to buy the Weber School site and use the land to build a new elementary school. In a strongly worded letter sent earlier this month, the school district indicated that unless Weber sold the property by today, the school board would use eminent domain to obtain the land.
No doubt this will wind up in court. Fortunately for confiscatory governments across America, the Supreme Court has begun using “international law” in its domestic decisions (it’s ever so much more flexible than that dodgy ol’ Constitution). So when this issue comes up for adjudication, I suggest justices look here for international precedent to support Fulton County’s confiscation.
