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The real problem with Kelo: by intervening without jurisdiction in a state-level eminent domain case, the U.S. Supreme Court has imperiled property rights nationwide.(Susette Kelo, government property acquisition)
Imagine sitting on the porch of the farmhouse you inherited from Morn and Dad. You have 20 acres on the fringe of a small city, but within corporate limits. Though the city's commercial growth has insidiously crept closer to your land, you have never worried about losing it. It is yours, and so is the view of the rivulet running through it.
But while you are enjoying the verdant vista, a nameless developer, along with nameless city officials, is plotting your land's future. A "better use" for your property, they decided, would be a small industrial park and shopping center. This would encourage "economic development," a euphemism for the increased tax revenue ...
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