I agree with the minority. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is correct in her assessment. Eminent domain takings for economic development are not proper. The Constitution supports private property rights and this decision erodes those rights. We need a more Constitutionally focused Supreme Court!
Land will be increasingly more precious as our population increases. Demands for 'public use' will increase. We must resist the dilution of private property rights, a bulwark of our democracies republic. The property rights of the little guy must be protected.
"Stevens was joined in the majority by Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer."
"O'Connor was joined in her dissent by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. They wrote that the majority had tilted in favor of those with "disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms."
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