Justice David Souter secured his place in history when he voted to allow New London Connecticut to take private property and give to a private entity. This fundamental abuse of property rights, as offensive as it was, could only be compounded when the seized property was never even developed. People were forcibly removed from their homes, kicked off their land, and for what? How about The Justice David Souter Memorial….Dump.
New London has, years later, finally figured out a use for the land the town took for private development, land it used millions in taxpayer dollars to acquire, after convincing five liberal lawyers in black robes that the state had a public interest in taking it. The Town of New London has designated the seized property as a suitable place for residents to dispose of….storm debris.
So is Souter Dump, which I’m sure is what the locals could call it, likely to create jobs and more tax revenue that the homeowners who were evicted? Not anytime soon. If you look at the attached video, this appears to be a do-it yourself facility. And how ironic. Land seized from hard working Americans, by a “made-constitutional” act of the federal government (and local political greed), is now the repository for the clean-up effort of rugged individualists clearing their own property of damaged landscaping.
