Eminent domain

I don't often find myself agreeing with George Will -- whether it comes to politics or baseball -- but he's got this one right.

If the court refuses to review the Connecticut ruling, its silence will effectively ratify state-level judicial vandalism that is draining the phrase "public use" of its power to perform the framers' clearly intended function. That function is to prevent untrammeled government power -- in a word, despotism.

A middle class neighborhood is condemned because the city of New London made promises to a big pharma company and wants to build luxury condos and increase the property tax base. It could happen to you.