[Springfield Reformer]

Then it’s possible you've missed the point of the Malkin article. Trump is pushing his way around and taking the property he wants, and for private purposes, not public purposes, despite what you have learned and correctly stated as the proper constitutional process. That's what was so evil about the Kelo decision. They threw away two centuries of protecting individual property rights against powerful private individuals acting through government agencies to take property by force for private use. Malkin calls it theft, and it is.

So, despite your list of other woes, that's a big freakin deal in our struggle with the left, because the heart and soul of socialism/Marxism is the abolishing of individual property rights. Any individual claiming to be the conservative savior, who is in practice on the same page as the socialists with regard to property rights, can offer no real resistance to the corruption of our system, and thus all the symptoms you list will continue unabated. The cure is not more of the same, but someone who understands and believes in those things that protect our individual rights to life, liberty, and property as against the collective. Anything less is just anther way to waste a vote.

[Bridge_toofar]

Trump can NOT unilaterally force any private property to be acquired under eminent domain. If your private property is located where a proposed hi-way will go through, of course the government can force you to sell the property to government. It is asinine to think some individual can hold up the construction of a public facility because that individual wants to hold on to that property.

This is not a left wing or a right wing issue. It is an issue where the ELECTED government officials have the decision making power. I see nothing wrong with that, so long as the government pays fair compensation.