A 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on
Thursday gave the go-ahead to local governments that want to seize
private property against an owner’s objection in order to use it for
private economic development. Kelo vs. New London could have enormous
impact on landowners, as Chad
Adams explained Thursday afternoon on the “Mike Fenley Show” on WSJS-AM
in the Triad, and to the Shelby Star. In her dissenting opinion, Justice Sandra O’Connor wrote:
“Under the banner of economic development, all private property is now
vulnerable to being taken and transferred to another private owner. . “