Some local governments have sought to stretch their eminent domain power as a means of augmenting revenue by expanding their tax base.

CNN: McCain's August 6, 2007, speech addressing private property rights

In other words, after the Kelo decision, governments can use their eminent domain power to take homes for potentially more profitable, higher-tax uses, powerful evidence, as Justice Clarence Thomas suggests, that something is seriously awry with the Supreme Court's vision of the Constitution.

CNN: McCain's August 6, 2007, speech addressing private property rights

Fifteen state supreme courts have ruled on the issue of this perverse exercise of the power of eminent domain.

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