Eminent Domain

The Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. City of New London has generated an enormous amount of controversy, and people who usually don't talk about the law are paying close attention to it.

My immediate reaction to this decision is one of complete disgust. The decision basically allows private businesses to buy out families, and even smaller businesses, all in the name of increasing tax revenue for local municipalities. This is the kind of thing that goes directly against the very principles which our nation was founded upon; it is a great defeat for individual rights.

Over the weekend I am going to read the opinion and try to post some excerpts from both the opinion and the dissent (which I have heard is very well-written).

Here is a link to the decision:

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=04-108

An Adobe version can be found at:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/opinions.html