Yes, the Government Can Take Your Stuff
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Supreme Court's Decision to Seize Private Property From Non-Us Residents
In 2005, the Supremes said economic benefits are a permissible form of public use that justifies the government in seizing property from private citizens. Sandra Day O'Connor wrote a dissenting opinion on this and it seems increasingly worrying and prescient. Under the banner of economic development, all private property is now vulnerable to being taken and transferred to another private owner so long as it might be upgraded.
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