The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 last month that local towns and cities can seize homes and private businesses through eminent domain and turn the properties over to private developers for no other reason than the fact that it would result in higher tax revenues for the municipality.
A few days after the ruling, [Logan] Clements faxed a request to Chip Meany, the code enforcement officer of Weare, seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road, the present location of [Supreme Court Justice David] Souter's home.
"This Land Was Your Land. Eminent domania! Another Supreme home scoped for confiscation." By Joe Kovacs, WorldNet Daily, 7/29/05.
From: CommonSenseAmerica.
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