Rebel Without a License
By Brian O'Reilly

(FORTUNE Small Business) – The Supreme Court's decision to let a town seize your property and give it to another private citizen has produced at least one good thing: a laugh. On June 27, Los Angeles' Logan Darrow Clements asked officials of Weare, N.H.--home of Justice David Souter--how he might go about getting the judge's farm seized and turned over to him for development into the "Lost Liberty Hotel." Weare officials declined the idea outright, but Clements wants to put the issue to a vote on the town's March ballot.

It is not the first time big government has stood in the way of Clements's entrepreneurial dreams. As a teenager he planned a food-delivery business only to find the licensing process too cumbersome. Years later he founded an online service to connect entrepreneurs with funding sources, but was prevented from taking a commission on successful matches for lack of a securities license. "I could have made a lot of money," he remarks.

In taking Souter's property, Clements, a follower of property-rights champion Ayn Rand, aims to provide an "educational experience" to Souter and the other Justices. "What government is good at is killing people. Stealing things. Throwing a wrench into the economy," Clements says. "I want to put the monster in its cage." To that end, he ran for governor of California in the recall election of 2003. (He came in 131st among 135 candidates, with 274 votes.)

Now Clements is developing a TV news show that's focusing on meddlesome government. Let's hope that before he rolls the tape, he can get his paperwork in order. --BRIAN O'REILLY