I wish these families well and hope they have good legal advice.
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I am afraid legal advice does not work anymore when it comes to the government having carte blanche to steal your property at will. The SCOTUS and its socialist activists have seen to that....
"I am afraid legal advice does not work anymore when it comes to the government having carte blanche to steal your property at will. The SCOTUS and its socialist activists have seen to that...."
Except that the people who's property is "stolen" receive compensation at market value and using eminent domain for a highway is clearly a public use that has always been considered constitutional.