Nightline - eminent domain
Aug. 26, 2005
Tonight on "Nightline" we'll introduce you to one man who was really bothered by this year's Supreme Court decision on eminent domain. He's hardly the only one. The decision -- which allows local governments to seize private property to make way for commercial development deemed in the best interest of the community -- caught many by surprise. In fact, a poll by the University of New Hampshire found that 93 percent of residents of that state oppose the decision.
But Logan Darrow Clements is not taking the decision lying down. To prove his point that the decision is wrong-headed, he is trying to gather signatures in the town of Weare, N.H., so that the town can seize the private property of one resident in order to build a hotel.
Which resident?
Supreme Court Justice David Souter, naturally.
