The aftermath of the Kelo – New London, CT Supreme Court decision

Tom Blumer at the Bizzy Blog has been all over the stories of what has been happening in New London, CT since the much-criticized decision on the Kelo v. City of New London was handed down by the US Supreme Court last June.

George Will’s criticism last year of the decision is worth noting again:

Can government profit by seizing the property of people of modest means and giving it to wealthy people who can pay more taxes than can be extracted from the original owners? The court answered yes.

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Those on the receiving end of the life-shattering power that the court has validated will almost always be individuals of modest means. So this liberal decision — it augments government power to aggrandize itself by bulldozing individuals’ interests — favors muscular economic battalions at the expense of society’s little platoons, such as homeowners and the neighborhoods they comprise.

Find out what’s been going on in New London – since the decision was handed down – via Tom’s blog.

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