[DoughtyOne]

So there is down side to this after all. Who would have thunk it...

[Carry_Okie]

Just speculation on my part, but whenever you have the power to enforce a right, you have the power to violate it.

Kelo v. New London, although upholding the ability of a local government to maintain an abomination, also allowed many states to institute private property protections more stringent than the 5th Amendment. The existence of discretion in this trade-off between federalism and "equal protection" has made a joke of the SCOTUS.