Thanks to the Kelo Supreme Court decision, the liberal justices gave cities an open season on private property seizures. In order to suppress dissent, developers bully people with the treat of lawsuits. A few states have passed anti-SLAPP legislation, but too few. In the meantime, the seizures grow. Then-Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote in her dissent: "The specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the state from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall or any farm with a factory."
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