This has been front page news here in NJ for the last few years as towns, running out of space, resort to 'eminent domain' rights to take over farms, neighborhood areas and individual homes in the interest of developers.
The Supreme Court ruling goes beyond capitalism at its worst-it is akin to the communist eastern bloc of old. Why do we 'purchase' and exactly what are we purchasing and then paying taxes on? It is not the homeowner's fault the town let development run so rampant that now it caters to builders by taking privately owned land.
In today's paper, the town of Lodi, NJ will be using eminent domain to evict 500 people from a trailer park so that developers can use the land for shops and senior housing. Young families, hardpressed to afford larger homes, people who have lived there for almost 30 years, seasonal construction workers and all other residents-out. The part that gets me? Won't see this happen in areas of $1/2 million homes.
My grandfather escaped the Bolshevik Revolution, then the Turkish Holocaust to come to the US and live in peace. Poor guy would be turning in his grave to hear of these things.
Trailer Park Comdemnation