Was it your expectation that it was the job of the USSC to rewrite ancient state laws to bring them up current with the latest progressive thought on the matter?
BTW, I don't agree that the gub'mnt should be able to take one man's property to give to another man ~ Hamurrabi thought that worth the death penalty, and the Bible has passed along the same idea ~ King Josia (I believe) took a guy's vinyard for his own personal use.
However, we are dealing with a state that's one of the original colonies. The militia there did not put their lives on the line to use the government to steal property, but that's what's happened. The only question is DID THE PEOPLE OF CT FIX THE PROBLEM?
You're pathetic. First of all, opposition to Kelo is hardly a progressive matter, as the conservatives on SCOTUS unanimously voted against it.
Second, all of the Fifth has been incorporated except for the grand jury clause. So precedent had been established that SCOTUS could apply the Fifth to state laws.
You Trumpettes truly are making yourselves into an abomination on this site in your efforts to slime FReepers raising legitimate conservative grievances about Trump's past.