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Writing for the court's majority in Thursday's ruling, Justice John Paul Stevens said local officials, not federal judges, know best in deciding whether a development project will benefit the community. States are within their rights to pass additional laws restricting condemnations if residents are overly burdened, he said.
What appears to missing in this discussion is *how* the supreme's came to this decision. I completely agree with their finding that this is a state decision, not a federal one.
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