Bush v. Kelo

Thanks to the reader who called attention to this --haven't seen anyone else pick up on it. The President has signed an executive order saying that the Federal Govt. won't be following the Kelo standard for taking private property while he's got anything to say about it. Savvy governors will immediately follow suit for their states.

It is the policy of the United States to protect the rights of Americans to their private property, including by limiting the taking of private property by the Federal Government to situations in which the taking is for public use, with just compensation, and for the purpose of benefiting the general public and not merely for the purpose of advancing the economic interest of private parties to be given ownership or use of the property taken.