Friday, July 01, 2005

The Souter Hotel

It seems that someone is proposing a new hotel for "public use". A humorous (?) press release can be found here:

The Lost Liberty Hotel

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Another note on Eminent Domain:

Upon further consideration, it seems that the most important aspect of the recent Supreme Court decision is that it has moved us further down a slippery slope. At first, eminent domain and "public use" was used for public projects like roads. Later, it was applied to blighted areas in need of redevelopment. Now, it is being used to take "desirable" property. The end result is redistribution of desirable property, from those with less power, to those with more power. Why does this sound like a mugging?

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