by Donald Lambro
Washington Times

07/18/05

Who says you can't fight city hall, or even the Supreme Court? A long-overdue property rights revolt is brewing around the country in response to the high court's outrageous decision last month in Kelo v. City of New London, Conn. The court ruled that governments can seize private property and then turn it over to big-business interests for economic development. The alarming property takeover ruling, by a narrow 5-4 vote, reminds us anew of the sweeping governmental powers issues that are at stake in choosing who will replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (who, by the way, wrote a blistering dissent against the decision)...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp