[Dan from Michigan]

This is a big reason why we need to make sure we elect good people to local government. City Council and Mayor positions are more important now than even since they can now tear down your home to give a development present to the mayor's brother in law.........who is a developer.

[sirthomasthemore]

Dan,
I live in Fairfield County Ct, that's southwest corner near NY. We're controlled by 6 or 7 multi, multi millionaire developers. There are just 7 surveying firms of any consequence in the area. The whole planning and zoning thing is all wrapped up in that cozy arrangement between public officials, developers and surveyors- the latter can steal your property with those little telescopes faster than John Gotti with machine guns.

Actually, the Courts were all one had for protection- and not even lower court judges for obvious reasons.

Now, the only real protection one might have is if the State legislators past laws restricting the use of eminent domain for urban renewal- but that's not going to happen in the socialist republic of CT.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

This is a big reason why we need to make sure we elect good people to local government. City Council and Mayor positions are more important now than even since they can now tear down your home to give a development present to the mayor's brother in law.........who is a developer.

You're exactly right. That's what makes this Supreme Court ruling so frustrating. There will always be corrupt people elected to office, and there will always be people who become corrupt after being elected into office. The courts are supposed to protect Americans from the actions of those people by enforcing the Constitution.

Especially on the local level, voters often don't have any idea who they're electing. Sometimes they'll even vote for someone because their name sounds nice or their picture in the voters' brochure looked pleasant.

The Supreme Court has failed us yet again - big-time.