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It's been awhile since I read the 5th Amendment and I had forgotten how much was contained in it.
jk, I believe the Supreme Court made the correct decision on New London because they judged that imminent domain it rightly a state issue, not a federal one. The result of that decision caused many states, mine included, to correct or alter their laws to prevent the same situation from occuring in that state.
Had the Supreme Court intervened and reversed the state decision, we would likely have seen subsequent challenges based upon that precident. I would liken the outcome as the same bastardization that we see in the interstate commerce clause.
I agree that what happened to New London truly sucked, but the positive outcome is that states' rights have been maintained and their laws have been cleaned up to prevent this in the future.
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