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The great State of New Hampshire (whose motto is "Life Free or Die) is set to put into its constitution a prohibition on the use of eminent domain to appropriate land for private developers. Both houses of the General Court (the state legislature) have approved almost identical bills - one will have to be chosen by the two Houses. This was done in response to the blatent violation of private property rights upheld by the Supreme Court in which New London, CT took land on the waterfront and gave it to private developers.
This was an unconsionable abuse of the powers of government. 2/3 of NH voters will have to vote in favor. I am pretty confident 2/3 of NH voters will vote in favor of this.
Nice to see my native State take the right stand on this issue, though NH-native David Souter voted with the majority on the Supreme Court on this.
I like that.
This was an unconsionable abuse of the powers of government. 2/3 of NH voters will have to vote in favor. I am pretty confident 2/3 of NH voters will vote in favor of this.
Nice to see my native State take the right stand on this issue, though NH-native David Souter voted with the majority on the Supreme Court on this.
After the high court's eminent domain ruling, activists tried to seize Supreme Court Justice David Souter's 200-year-old New Hampshire farmhouse in retaliation for voting with the majority.
I like that.