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To: JDN who wrote (121900)6/25/2005 10:06:51 AM
From: Bridge Player  Read Replies (1) of 793897
 
I agree with you and most other posters here that this is a horrendous decision.

However, let's not overlook an interesting comment in the Stevens majority opinion:

"We emphasize that nothing in our opinion precludes any State from placing further restrictions on its exercise of the takings power. Indeed, many States already impose "public use" requirements that are stricter than the federal baseline. Some of these requirements have been established as a matter of state constitutional law,22 while others are expressed in state eminent domain statutes that carefully limit the grounds upon which takings may be exercised."

I fully expect to see state legislatures, perhaps particularly in the red states, to begin actively debating even more restrictions on such government takings.
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