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To: HiTech RedNeck

So you agree with Kelo? Should we strike the words “public use” from Amendment V and replace them with the words ‘public good’? Because not even Bernie Sanders believes that. But Trump does.


221 posted on 02/13/2016 12:51:42 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: Hoodat; HiTech RedNeck

Public good = the good of politicians + developers.


228 posted on 02/13/2016 12:57:15 PM PST by Lauren BaRecall (We were lucky that Trump tipped his hand too early.)
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To: Hoodat

A public use was deemed to embrace increasing taxes, which in turn would empower purchase of other things more tangibly put to public use.

This is not the first time the USSC ever has used an indirection argument like this, I highly suspect.

Whenever you have a City Hall you always run these kinds of risks. Kelo brought out into the open what had long been happening behind the scenes with a nod, wink.

The proper answer is local law. I think every state should have the onus to regulate this sanely, or risk losing people who disagree that real estate, in the end, belongs to Caesar anyhow.


230 posted on 02/13/2016 12:58:09 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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