You make a good case for Clarence Thomas. He's got a good history, in my opinion, and seems firmly committed to everyday folks like us.
The eminent domain ruling is a hideous breach of faith with the American people and constitution. What happened to property rights and liberty in this country?
Plus, as an appreciable fringe benefit, it would put another hole in the leaking sieve argument that 'racist' Republicans ignore minorities. A power trio of Powell, Rice and then Thomas would firmly render that stereotype into the grave of shameful falsehoods that it so richly deserves.
Eminent domain is by no means the worst of the Supreme Court's precedents affecting property rights. In fact, ED is about the best of it. Other decisions have taken property and given it to other private parties, or to the government, with no compensation at all. For example, decisions affecting employers have taken hundreds of millions, even billions, from private parties and given it to others as required by federal statutes to pay for health care and pensions. Also, punitive damages take private property from one party and give it to another private party for no reason other than the court or jury likes one party more than the other. But the S.Ct. refused to take a punitive damages case under the Takings Clause; instead, the Due Process Clause was used to "regulate" the taking.