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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (37120)	6/24/2005 1:36:27 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) of 90947

What's the difference between taking my rights as private citizen for a supposed public good (say, the ease of gov't operation in the case of free speech by stopping me from criticizing a another private citizen closely connected to that gov't) and taking my private property for private use? You havie violated my supposedly Constitutionally guaranteed rights (free speech in one case, due process in the other) in either case. That amendment extended the protections of the federal bill of rights to the state and local level. Using eminent domain to force transfer of private property from one private party to another is simply one citizen using the police powers of the state as its thug. If that 2nd private party wants your property that badly, it can make you a financial offer you can't refuse- -or do without. The IS a difference between taking private property to build a public road and taking it to build a Wal-Mart and you know it.

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