Eminent Domain 2
<<--See also: Eminent Domain. X over at the Geek Crew brought this article to my attention: WorldNetDaily 28 June 2005 Supreme Court justice faces boot from home? Developer wants 'Lost Liberty Hotel' built upon property of David Souter by Ron Strom A private developer contacted the local government in Supreme Court Justice David Souter's hometown in New Hampshire yesterday asking that the property of the judge – who voted in favor of a controversial decision allowing a city to take residents' homes for private development – be seized to make room for a new hotel. Logan Darrow Clements faxed a request to Chip Meany, the code enforcement officer of the town of Weare, N.H., seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road, the present location of Souter's home. Wrote Clements: "Although this property is owned by an individual, David H. Souter, a recent Supreme Court decision, Kelo v. City of New London, clears the way for this