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Originally Posted by Toby
It's called the Law of Emminent Domain and isn't really anything new. Govt's have been doing this for decades. I've seen this done to clear right of way for widening of freeways. Usually the state, county or city, as the case may be, try to negotiate a buyout with the owner of the property, and only when the owner refuses to negotiate do they resort to this.
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Eminent Domain was intended for roads and other things *needed* for public use, not a “want” and a mall and office buildings are not something that needs to force people off their land and a 5-4 ruling shows that.
Right now in Daytona Beach 2 business’s are fighting eminent domain since they have been there for 40 years and a private builder wants to build a condo with a few store fronts and this just gave him the keys to a bulldozer.
No one is safe, your local government can now knock on your door and now say get the fuck out, we want to build a parking lot here.