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June 8, 2007
'Public Benefit' = Private Profit
Reason: Hit & Run seems to concur with our assessment of Judge Garaufis's ruling in the federal eminent domain case:
This reading of Kelo suggests that, in the absence of videotape showing a developer handing a briefcase full of cash to a politician or an explicit declaration that the government is using eminent domain to benefit a private party, the courts will uphold any condemnation that's part of a project expected to create jobs, generate new tax revenue, or provide some other "public benefit."
Posted by lumi at June 8, 2007 7:07 AM