Eminent Nonsense
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.While I salute the legal warriors attempting to sway the Supreme Court in Kelo vs. New London, I cannot help but state that even the most optimistic outcome in this case would still result in a moral and consequential horror: reaffirming the "right" of the state to seize your stuff as long as you are "compensated" in a manner in which you have little say and with money that was essentially seized from someone else.
I'd like to see eminent domain - a clear example of legal obfuscation if there ever was one - mercilessly decapitated and piked in front of every city hall and courthouse in the land. That, my friends, would be a real victory.