Ah, Connecticut! The state in which eminent domain became eminently crazy, in the infamous Kelo case. In that case they targeted private homes to put in . . . a vacant lot? Now bus routes are target.
Click on over to Townhall, for the meat of the story. Come back here for some background, why don’t you?
- Hartford Courant: “A New Legal Weapon For State DOT: Condemnation of ‘Intangible Property’”
- CT News Junkie: “Malloy Believes Busway Will Be A Success”
- “Mobilizing the Region: Connecticut Breaks Ground on Busway”
- CT fastrak [official website]
- National Review: “Nine Years after Kelo, the Seized Land Is Empty”
- Common Sense: “Apologies to Ms. Kelo,” by Paul Jacob
- Wikipedia: Kelo v. City of New London
- Wikipedia: Fifth Amendment (text)
- Connecticut Nicknames