Senator Cornyn Addresses The Senate on Eminent Domain

June 24, 2006 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

John Cornyn (R-NV) spoke today in the Senate about the one-year anniversary of Kelo. (Hat tip: Blogs of War) Excerpt:

Suffice it to say that the Kelo decision was a disappointment. What I find particularly troubling is that the Kelo case is just one of many examples of the abuse of the power of eminent domain throughout our Nation. Its use for private development is now widespread. The Institute for Justice has documented more than 10,000 properties either seized or threatened with condemnation for private development during the 5-year period between 1998 and 2002. Despite the fact that so many abuses of that power were already occurring, the Kelo decision is particularly alarming, and local governments, the condemning authorities most often, have become further emboldened to take property for private development.