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Originally Posted by Elphaba
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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Incorrect kind contributor. This was not an affirmation in any way of "states rights."
This is a federal constitutional issue NOT available for states to decide. The Supreme's decided that the emiment domain doctrine allows for the taking of private land for what ever that government can dream up as a public use. Including influence peddling developers who will build high dollar condos which generate more tax revenue then the small middle class neighborhood homes.
This was an expansion and consolidation of government powers, and an errosion of ordinary citizens rights. Nothing more.
-bear