The property seizure case that isn't going to go away. Cities are now free to seize private property from their rightful owners for no reason other than the desire to widen the tax base, and then hand it off to another private party for development. The most interesting thing about the majority opinion was that the justices said that they expected this to be a rare occurrence.
Apparently common sense isn't in high supply at the store where they buy those cool black robes.
Duh, cities are going to do whatever they can to promote their own tax base and make sure they don't have to make hard spending decisions. It's not tough, when some schmuck on a city council sees an opportunity to get the credit for bringing in a shopping mall or factory, of course they're going to do it, despite the fact that they've snagged people's private homes to do so. They don't care. It makes life simpler for them because they don't have to worry about the local paper writing about how they cut police or fire budgets.
Found a good site regarding the Supreme Court nomination process and how one group is addressing it in relation to the Kelo decision.
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