[robertpaulsen]

"Before Kelo, my property could be taken and given to a private developer if some politician said that doing so served a public use."

What are you talking about? Florida's eminent domain law protected your property from Kelo-type abuses.

[publiusF27]

OK, what I should have said was that before and after Kelo, the prevailing interpretation of the 5th amendment in federal courts did not change much at all. I know I’m lucky to be a Floridian. ;-)

If the SC takes the Parker/Heller case and makes the ruling that amici like the Brady Bunch want to see, the prevailing interpretation of the 2A in federal courts would not change much at all, except in the 5th Circuit. (The DC circuit is under an order which preserves the prevailing interpretation there pending the outcome of SC cert.)