New York's highest court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that will decide whether the state government can lawfully seize private property for a development company. [More]Because nothing says "public use" requiring coercion like "private basketball." God forbid there should be a market solution.
I suppose if by "lawfully" they mean capable of seizing at gunpoint with no resistance...
Hey, what's more important for governments instituted among men to secure the Blessings of Liberty? Keeping the masses stupefied with bread and circuses or your property rights?
And who better to decide than New York judges?
The outrageous thing is, so many idiot sports fans don't care what freedoms are lost as long as the vicarious thrills of watching others perform keep coming.