[Smokin' Joe]

With the not inconsiderable additional step of a judicial hearing, that is exactly what happens here when a government wants private property for another purpose.

True, but how often is that land used to enrich political cronies or taken to punish political enemies?

[Sherman Logan]

True, but how often is that land used to enrich political cronies

All the time.

or taken to punish political enemies?

Not often that I am aware of.