Okay. Then that calls the use of eminent domain into question. But it is still the university, not the Bush family that is the one using eminent domain, and they are still the ones that will profit, not the Bush family.
Bush could’ve said no.
SMU is a cesspool of Bush cronies. And this process was run by Bush cronies including Karl Rove.
A spokesman for the head of the selection committee, former Bush commerce secretary Donald Evans, said the selector was declining to comment on all aspects of the competition as the committee reviewed the proposals, including the selection date.
Mr. Evans is co-chairman of the selection committee, along with Mr. Bush’s brother, Marvin Bush, and the third member is a Bush cousin, Craig Stapleton. Three of Mr. Bush’s top advisers - White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, and White House Counsel, Harriet Miers - are also helping the selection committee.
Bush Family Used Eminent Domain to Build a Baseball Park.
Prominent SMU Alumni
Laura Bush, former First Lady of Texas and the United States
Karen Hughes, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Harriet Miers, former Counsel to President George W. Bush
https://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU/ProminentAlumni