Eminent Domain is a betrayal
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court gave local governments broad power today to bulldoze homes and other private property to make way for business development, a ruling that could encourage more city-backed plans to replace small stores with big-box retailers.
The 5-4 ruling upheld a plan by officials in a coastal Connecticut town to condemn nine homes of longtime residents that would be replaced with an office complex and a marina.
The public trust has been betrayed by the Supreme Court. They have ruled that local governments may use eminent domain to seize homes and land from people on behalf of developers.
Eminent domain was only supposed to be used for public works such as schools and parks. This ruling hass opened the door for home seizures across the nation. No one will be safe now, as all the developers have to do is convince cities and counties that their projects will bring in jobs and tax revenues.
The Supreme Court said that local governments are more fit to make that judgement than judges. But did this same court not say that states do not have the right to legalize medical marijuana? Woe to you lawyers! You burden people with heavy burdens that you yourselves will not carry!
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court gave local governments broad power today to bulldoze homes and other private property to make way for business development, a ruling that could encourage more city-backed plans to replace small stores with big-box retailers.
The 5-4 ruling upheld a plan by officials in a coastal Connecticut town to condemn nine homes of longtime residents that would be replaced with an office complex and a marina.
The public trust has been betrayed by the Supreme Court. They have ruled that local governments may use eminent domain to seize homes and land from people on behalf of developers.
Eminent domain was only supposed to be used for public works such as schools and parks. This ruling hass opened the door for home seizures across the nation. No one will be safe now, as all the developers have to do is convince cities and counties that their projects will bring in jobs and tax revenues.
The Supreme Court said that local governments are more fit to make that judgement than judges. But did this same court not say that states do not have the right to legalize medical marijuana? Woe to you lawyers! You burden people with heavy burdens that you yourselves will not carry!
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