> Why progressives are even slightly conflicted on this core legal issue
> mystifies me. Of course, we should organize politically to stop bad
> uses of
> eminent domain, but giving property owners special legal status against the
> rest of the community is clearly against the interests of the democratic
> left.
Sure, go ahead and take another losing stand on a hot button issue.
Eminent domain is indefensible. The state should not have this kind of power over people's lives and space. I don't give a damn about the American fetish for private property rights, but everybody feels threatened when some government thinks that it has a right to do what it wants with a person's home.
Progressives need to take a stand against any form of eminent domain.
Chuck