Friday, 28 July 2006
Yeah for Private Property!
In a victory for property rights, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously that economic development is not a reason for the state to confiscate peoples property.
This was the first case since the U.S. Supreme Court pushed aside property rights in a 5-4 ruling that allowed New London Connecticut to take private property to build a shopping mall. Basically it allowed the city of New London to use "eminent domain" as a means of taking private property from one individual and giving it to another. Hmm, that sounds a lot like socialistic redistribution to me.
Fortunately, the justices of the Ohio Supreme Court had the good sense to reject outright socialism and reaffirm the concept of private property. Good for them!
Posted by at 6:55 PM in National Politics
