supreme court: eminent domain is a-ok

the supreme court ruled today that local governments have the right to seize private property to make way for economic development. this means that your elected officials can invoke eminent domain to throw you out of your home, even if you've owned it for years like some of the people forced to unass to make room for northeast mall's parking lot a few years back did. residents of the "trinity-lancaster corridor" should be forewarned: the next sound you hear may be bulldozers. (anybody remember the 7th street theatre? yeah, i thought so.)

thanks, matt, for yet another disturbing piece of news.