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That ruling is beyind horrid. And scary. We have major problems with that around Phoenix - when the Bank One Ballpark was constructed with public funds (which pisses me off as well, but that's another story), there were people that did not want to sell their property, including one woman who was (can't remember her exact age) over 60 and had lived in this particular home since birth, so they had the property condemned.
So now, the government can sieze property if it is deemed in the best economic interests of the community, and private property rights be damned.
Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, Stevens, and (surprisingly to me) Kennedy should be ashamed. This is the very definition of fascism, being that big developers can team up with the government to take whatever the hell they want from the little guy. Good lord I hope no one ever wants my property for a mall.
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