Amazingly the Supreme Court has upheld the widening use of eminent domain to seize property for public use. CNN's writeup is here. I'm flabbergasted that this was supported by the liberals on the court, with all the conservatives dissenting for a 5-4 tally. Most of the time when eminent domain is invoked in the manner the court ruled on, it is to increse tax revenue to a local government by selling the land to a private developer. This is such a sop to big business that it makes the liberals that support it in to giant hypocrites. They are saying it's ok to steal proerty from poor people to give to big businesses. When Bush's tax cuts are said to steal money from the poor to give to the rich (which is not true, since tax cuts merely allow people to keep more of their own money), it's called greedy and evil. Why is it ok to steal property from the poor to give to the rich? It's yet another inconsistency out of multitudes on the left. Thank god at least four justices decided to stand up for the rights of individuals over the collective of local government and big business. If only one more judge had the integrity, and the basic understanding of English that it takes to realize how unconstitutional this is.