tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post8241860904979014642..comments2023-10-10T04:18:23.631-04:00Comments on The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog: Foundation seeks eminent domain to build trailSmokyMountainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12288538940523306530noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-83407764043698485922010-09-20T14:25:37.647-04:002010-09-20T14:25:37.647-04:00Nelson - thanks for your comments. I do remember t...Nelson - thanks for your comments. I do remember that case. If I recall correctly, one of Supremes (can't remember which one) who voted in favor of that outcome, was threatened by some local citizens in NH with declaring his house as a historical site - thus forcing him out!<br /><br />Never heard what became of that though....<br /><br />JeffThe Smoky Mountain Hikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019731497259511008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-65638851233241659502010-09-15T20:29:37.591-04:002010-09-15T20:29:37.591-04:00I'm going to post a small second comment, beca...I'm going to post a small second comment, because I failed to subscribe to comments the first time. So if you respond, I'll get mailed for it. Sorry to double post.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013983935112603414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-46447084303610836812010-09-15T20:28:57.126-04:002010-09-15T20:28:57.126-04:00This is a sad outcome from the supreme court decis...This is a sad outcome from the supreme court decision a few years ago that stated that any corporation who could deliver a higher tax rate could use eminent domain to seize the land of the owner who may be using the land for their own, less profitable(to the government) purposes. Missouri and Kansas both immediately passed state laws to declare eminent domain seizures to be illegal for things like that. You may want to speak to your local politicians and see if you can get the same thing passed.<br /><br />It would be really nice to see an amendment passed at the federal level to over-rule the supreme court decision, but with the gridlock we've got over completely nonexistant bullshit issues today I don't think we can expect to see much happen at that level.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013983935112603414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651656564842797172.post-86862928448714936622010-08-30T12:08:31.495-04:002010-08-30T12:08:31.495-04:00I absolutely agree with you.This is no different t...I absolutely agree with you.This is no different that private land being confiscated for a mall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com