This is a terrible SCOTUS ruling.
With this...local and state governments will now feel justified in pushing the envelope even further in eminent domain. A related result is that big developers will now court local officials big time...look at the potential paybacks on this...and little possible risk.
Somebody please post the vote breakdown on this issue if you know it.
One more reason why replacing Rehnquist with anyone other that a true conservative would be disastrous...look at what we have now.
if the courts cant get this right, then we NEED A LAW!!!
O'Conner
Rehnquist
Thomas
Scalia
were on the side of the Constitution.
Kennedy joined the liberals.
Frankly, I fear that may happen with the Ten Commandments ruling next week. We have to have both swing votes for the Ten Commandments to be upheld, and I have to say, I think that highly unlikely.
And the file-sharing ruling, in which they may decide that the Betamax decision is moot and now the technology is to blame for law-breaking instead of the people.