Kelo is BAD law, and IMO, unconstitutional law. While it would be a good thing for state and national lawmakers to write laws protecting citizens from Kelo, it would be better to strike it down once and for all. Local politicians are often a greedy and resourceful bunch.
That's it and congress needs to start disciplining judges also. There is no way reading the Constitution there can be a justification of these abuses. The right to own & keep property except for the conditions set forth in the Constitution is clear. No corporate or even private individual should be able to have any government force someone to sell their land for that persons or companies profit.
But state and local lawmakers will not do this until people start giving them an eye for an eye tooth for a tooth retribution. Yes I mean if a city council member thinks it's fine for big business to steal land for Big Box Marts, industrial parks, etc, then it should be fine as well for the good citizens to bulldoze down the nice councilman's or lawmakers own home in kind. If you want a dog to stop messing then rub their noses in it so they remember the stench.
But people should not let party lines confuse them on this issue a GOP elected is just as likely to do this to you as a DEM. Greed knows no party loyalty no moral values.