Reply #2: A few things. [View All]

[K-W]

1. Eminant domain siezures didnt start with the supreme court ruling. The ruling refused to create an exception to Eminant Domain, it didnt give anyone any more power. If someone is to blame for eminant domain it is the authors of the constitution.

2. The justices ruled the way they did partly because the constitution does give the government broad power to sieze land and partly because putting restrictions on the governments ability to regulate property would be a major victory for the right wing who desperately wants to eliminate governments ability to regulate property.

3. The real villians in the modern cases are not the supreme court justices. They simply held that government has power, they arent the ones misusing the power, the legislatures in towns and cities are. The solution is getting the power of business out of politics on all levels.

4. The idea that private development is a public good is widely accepted throughout this country and that is not the fault of the supreme court either, that is the fault of the right wing.