Our “deference to the Law, and to every one who wears the semblance of lawful authority, is so complete… as to occasion a traveler some annoyance and more surprise,” Dixon wrote. “Every dog in office is obeyed with such unquestioning meekness, that every dog in office is tempted to become a cur.”

In the aftermath of the Kelo decision, more aggressive “public takings” are already starting.

Read this and maybe you’ll understand why so many people are worried. Someone, somewhere thought that this ruling might signal the end of the Real Estate boom – a chilling thought if you’re in the Real Estate business. (Or in any kind of business; since so much of the US economy is real estate.)