This is
very disturbing coming from the Supreme Court. I must say that on this I side with the conservatives on the bench who dissented. Now large development firms will have almost unlimited access to any piece of property they deem fit for "development" and kick the proprietors off even if the families have lived there for generations!! That is simply not fair! And all of these for the "public" good. Isn't this the same argument used by the Chinese during the Revolution to uproot millions, for the "public" good? Granted, USA will never go that far but still it is a disquieting development to say the least. Infact, Sandra Connor has it exactly right when she says,
"The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms." This I didn't expect from Souter or Breyer. Government should not have this much power over people's right to their properties.