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[snip] Eminent domain for thee but not for me. Northwestern law professor David Dana points out in the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy (law.northwestern.edu/ journals/lawreview/) that most of the state laws passed in response to the Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo decision leave in place local governments’ ability to condemn property declared “blighted.” So the new laws protect middle-class areas but leave poor ones vulnerable. –Harold Henderson | hhenderson@chicagoreader.com
[snip] Michael Moore’s postcampaign promise to disgruntled conservatives: “Even though you have opposed environmental regulation, when we clean up our air and water, we, the Democratic majority, will let you, too, breathe the cleaner air and drink the purer water…. When women are finally paid what men make, we will pay conservative women that wage, too.” More at michaelmoore.com. –HH
