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Tyrone Slothrop
Read out of context, sure. But the proposition is that local governments are captive to certain special interests, and are making bad policy as a result. If you were to say that local governments do a bad job of policing, the remedy is to hire better policemen, not to get rid of criminals' rights.
I'm still waiting for a conservative to defend the idea that a local government should be able to take land to run its own shopping mall and parking lot, but shouldn't be able to take the land and privatize the operation.
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"...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation"
I do think the states are better suited to make these determinations (and to set "just" compensation), but the overly broad interpretation of the word "use" that seems to issue from Kelo is troubling.
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