Susette Kelo: Act to End Eminent Domain Abuse, June 23, 2008

[eastpenngardens]

This decision was flawwed... I wonder how the Justices feel about their decision now... three years later.

[benjamin5028]

The Government forgot 1 thing, public perception. Under the eyes of the law it is legal, but in the eyes in the most of the public it was stolen, making the land worthless to business You cant conduct business with a hostile public. People spent millions for almost nothing. Now they unintentionally added another complication to eminent domain, the media.

[Tomsjamb]

remember you never own your land or home you only lease it from the government. stop paying taxes and see what happens even though it is paid off. also remember the land under your home you do not own the mineral rights are owned by the government

[MelodyNow]

I am trying to locate Ms. Kelo in regard to an interview, does anyone know how to contact her?

[gufbrindleback]

Try sending a message to Cato Institute?

[luddite333]

Nike is bulldozing my old neighborhood with the University of Oregon and eminent domain. Together they want to build a basketball arena that will be over a quarter billion dollars. I have posted six videos about it here at Utube. To find them use the Utube search with keywords:nike university of oregon.

[needlove1982]

This is great that you are standing up, but we should work

to end emmiment domain period,  not just abuse.

[allnamesareuseddamn]

In Kelo, the court ruled that the government was justified in taking away land from a private land-owner, Susette Kelo, when it was predicted that a private developer could get better use of the land -- that is, have bigger facilities that would generate more tax revenue for the town.

This went way beyond the court's prior holdings that eminent domain could only be enforced when land was taken for a public use -- not a private one.

[allnamesareuseddamn]

Not to mention, since the court decided in Kelo that the promise of private use was enough to guarantee a private developer the right to use eminent domain, they did not ensure that the private developer would have effective timetables for development, which is why they have since Kelo failed to build anything on that land, which has, in fact, weakened the economy of the town.

[benjamin5028]

@allnamesareuseddamn Then in this case how does court satisfy the intrinsic value of the property to the owner without owner destroying the true market value through bad publicity because the owners intrinsic value was not met?

[allnamesareuseddamn]

This shows then that not only did the court's decision enable the town to steal from individuals to give to a corporation, it has also frustrated the town's efforts to effectively boost the economy of the town.

[allnamesareuseddamn]

Eminent domain is by no means a good thing, yet there have been over 10,000 cases of eminent domain abuse in the past five years.

Spread the word!

[buceriasbo]

well why did you not buy some guns and ammo and really fight to defend your home.force is all they understand. give me liberty or give me death