This ruling by the Supreme Court is unfortunately just another example of many of the U.S. Constitution taking a back seat to the opinions of some judicial activists in black robes.
This was an issue that was adrressed awhile back by a number of concerned elected representatives, including Rep. Tom Delay R-Teaxs. Of course we all know what happened after he expressed those concerns.
Of course I'm all for free enterprise, but I'm also for a strict intrepetation of the U.S. Constitution. When the founding fathers mentioned "Public Use' They meant for it to mean roads, bridges and schools. They did not mean for it to mean economic reasons. Clearly the U.S. Supreme Court blew it big time on this one.
Whether anybody likes it being said or not our judicial system is way out of control and needs to be reigned in. It's my hope that our elected will recognize the ramfications that this will have on a lot of the many samll communities and think about this when they consider what they're going to do when the next Suprem Court vacancy happens and most likely it will happen sooner than later.
I would also hope that our elected officials will think better and recognize the value of samll bussineses in their own communtities and stand up to defense of private property rights of those small businesses that are the backbone of a lot of small communities in America. Without those small businesses, many of those communities simply wouldn't exist.
Regards....