Eminent domain is a bitch, ain't it?
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A few days ago the US Supreme Court (Right wing ) ruled in a 5 to 4 decision that if a company like lets say Wal-Mart wants to build a shopping center on my farm, that the government can force me off my land even if I refuse to sell.
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Actually three of the big conservatives dissented - Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, and William Renquist.
Government shouldn't be able to take your property just to increase their tax base. That's bullshit. Government doesn't exist just to perpetuate itself, it's supposed to protect people's rights.
This combined with the recent marijuana(Raich) case is extremely troubling.