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How do you the weigh the transportation rights of many against the property rights of one?

• basil-rash 3y ago
  What’s this “transportation right” you speak of? The right to roam isn’t guaranteed by the constitution, but protection against unlawful seizure of private property is. We should be careful to not conflate the rights actually guaranteed to us by the law of the land with things that various individuals feel are “nice to have”. And certainly not deprioritize the former in favor of the latter.
  • red-iron-pine 3y ago
    unlawful seizure -- there sure is a law about it, called eminent domain
    • basil-rash 3y ago
      That requires “just compensation”, as per the text of the very amendment I cited. Texan voters are unwilling to provide the compensation. Therefore the project does not go forward. It’s really a very simple concept.