It will be fun to watch the left defend this. FNC showed pictures of the homes slated for demolition in New London, CT which started this entire matter.
They are not slums by any means, although they are decidedly middle class. New London knows they can put up multi million dollar office buildings or homes and get more revenue, so the heck with the little guy.
This is what the left USED to be against. In our capitalist society, it is up to the developer to make such good faith offers to the homeowners that they are encouraged to sell. Not forced.
Exactly
Sure, why should any developer offer to pay the 'market' price to get the property (the price at which the owner is willing to sell) They can just get the local city to help with the hold-outs.
Reading the plain words of "public use" to mean anything that tangentially benefits the public is not a surprise from a court that thinks growing a weed in your backyard is "Interstate Commerce"