Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes
Steve FitzGerald of LakewoodBuzz.com emails this Washington Post article and comments:
this is an amazing split decision that implicates every square inch of America. By a vote of 5 to 4 today, the U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled to allow cities to use eminent domain powers to take property from homeowners to convey to private developers, legally in the name of economic development and “public use.” Here are three good reads on this important and far-reaching decision: a Washington Post story not legalese, the official Supreme Court ruling, and a forum discussion in Lakewood which came very close to being the eminent domain case before the High Court…
Comments?
See this post @ WorldChanging.com as well.
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