Friday, June 12, 2009

Sotomayor: A Presidential Power Skeptic? | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary

Sotomayor: A Presidential Power Skeptic? | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Her record on property rights is no more promising: In 2006's Didden v. Village of Port Chester, she ratified an eminent domain abuse that makes the infamous Kelo case look mild.

The landowner in Didden, who wanted to build a CVS, refused to pay off a politically connected developer, so the town gave his property to the developer to build a Walgreen's. Sotomayor's panel saw no evil in this case of state-sponsored extortion."

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