[billbears]

recent votes to kill private property rights via eminent domain

He did nothing of the sort. What the decision ruling amounted to is that the local government had the right to do so. In effect this removed a portion of the 14th Amendment's incorporation claim on the 5th Amendment, which for conservatives looking to return to a Constitutional government as envisioned by the Framers is a good thing

Now it is up to the citizens of the respective states to approach their legislatures to pass laws preventing such actions

[ellery]

No, he and his liberal court cronies used federal power to redefine the "public use" clause in the US Constitution, and as a practical matter redefined it for all the states. As a result, the feds shifted the balance of power in all the states from the judical branch to the legislative. If they merely wanted to leave the decision with Connecticut, they would have declined to take the case. As a conservative states' rights supporter, I would have been fine with that. As it is, though, they effectively revised ALL state Constitutions (not just Connecticut's) that contain the clause "public use."