Arguments for Eminent Domain

Seriously, which is more practical—a few homes’ towel closets or one Linens & Things Superstore?

Seizing property for “public use” overturns decades of misanthropic homeowners refusing entry to absolute strangers.

Upward mobility and entertainment for all as state governments can now reclassify “blighted area” to mean “currently without a sports complex.”

Dissenting opinion that by expanding the definition of eminent domain a “spectre of condemnation hangs over all property” easily countered by fact that homeowners have had more than enough time to plant gardens to attract tourists and negate the need for seizure.

Developers ability to lowball offers to mandatory sellers means goodbye to lengthy and oft-tedious bidding process.

Allows town to update scruffy historic district with spiffy parking facility for Best Buy.