Critic tries to get Souter's home seized

[Schizo]

"The justification for such an eminent domain action is that our hotel will better serve the public interest as it will bring in economic development and higher tax revenue to Weare,"

I'd say it's good use of eminent domain...

 

[Bruzilla]

I thought this was a cool idea at first, but it's only significant if the house has some kind of emotional value to this pinhead. Otherwise he just gets top dollar for his house and moves on to another.

 

[willie]

I thought this was a cool idea at first, but it's only significant if the house has some kind of emotional value to this pinhead. Otherwise he just gets top dollar for his house and moves on to another.

Give him the county's assessed value and if he doesn't like it, take it to court.

 

[sleuth]

I thought this was a cool idea at first, but it's only significant if the house has some kind of emotional value to this pinhead. Otherwise he just gets top dollar for his house and moves on to another.

Then we just have to do it again and again... until he gets the point.

 

[czygvtwkr]

Moving is a pain in the butt in itself. Its also taking the choice away from him whether or not he wants to move and taking away peoples "free will" pisses them off.

 

[ohstate]

The city would be stupid to exercise eminent domain just to try to prove a point. They'd just be buying a massive law suit, which most jurisdictions can't afford. What a waste of taxpayer dollars.

 

[willie]

The city would be stupid to exercise eminent domain just to try to prove a point. They'd just be buying a massive law suit, which most jurisdictions can't afford. What a waste of taxpayer dollars.

We know, it just sounds like sweet revenge.

 

[Triggerfish]

Moving is a pain in the butt in itself.

and expensive

 

[Railroad]

My wife's reading a news story which reports that Congress is working on a bill to make it more difficult for local governments to exercise Eminent Domain.

Might be the first truly good thing to come out of Congress in a while.

This whole issue, along with a few other decisions they've made of late, and some historical decisions they've made, have earned the Supreme Court a new place on my premanent "bad" list. They are being allowed to overstep their bounds and are no longer using the Constitution as they should.

 

[Ken King]

My wife's reading a news story which reports that Congress is working on a bill to make it more difficult for local governments to exercise Eminent Domain.

Might be the first truly good thing to come out of Congress in a while.

This whole issue, along with a few other decisions they've made of late, and some historical decisions they've made, have earned the Supreme Court a new place on my premanent "bad" list. They are being allowed to overstep their bounds and are no longer using the Constitution as they should.

Yeah, from what I have read so far is that they are saying that if a municipality uses it to create these "economic boons" then they will loose any Federal funding coming their way. It's an amendment tied to appropriations bills and I am looking for the exact language.