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    "title": "Property Rights Lose, 5-4",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2005-06-23 15:31:29 UTC",
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    "html": "<p><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/23/scotus.property.ap/index.html\">The Supreme Court has just ruled that governments can seize private property under eminent domain and give that property to other private holders.</a></p>\n<p>The case in question was about a developer who claimed he could generate more tax revenue for local government with a particular piece of land, except the landholder wasn't selling.  The Supreme Court has effectively ruled that increased tax revenue is a legitimate point of \"public interest\"; as such, governments can take your property and give it to other people who promise to pay more taxes than you do.</p>\n<p>I'm so mad I can't see straight.</p>\n<p>UPDATE:  Here's a link with <a href=\"http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050623/D8ATEQV80.html\">a good overview from AP News MyWay</a>.</p>\n<p>UPDATE: Another <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/politics/23wire-scotus.html?incamp=article_popular_4&amp;pagewanted=all\">overview from the NY Times</a>.</p>\n"
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