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> "benefit of the public"...can be stretched infinitely, to the ending of the rule of law The Supreme Court has ruled that the government can take property fro
by csense 13y ago
> "benefit of the public"...can be stretched infinitely, to the ending of the rule of law
The Supreme Court has ruled that the government can take property from one private party and give it to another private party for "economic development" [1]. So it's already been stretched pretty far.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London