Eminent domain ain't what it used to be

Eminent Domain:

"The power to take private property for public use by the state or municipality with just compensation."

"The right of a government or municipal public body to acquire private property for public use. It is acquired through a court action called condemnation in which the court determines the use is a public use and decides the price or compensation to be paid to the owner."

But now, it seems, Eminent Domain isn't just for the public good, or for public use. It now means pretty much this: "The reigning governental body will take any land and any property for whatever it wants to use it for (shopping mall, parking lot, sports stadium), and will pay owner whatever compensation it feels like, which may or may not be fair market value (and which may leave the previous owner scrambling to find new shelter with much less money).

WorldNetDaily: City to seize church by eminent domain (this is only the beginning....churches in general are going to start getting crowded out by eminent domain)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/cowboysstadium/stories/062505dnmetcondemn.415743ed.html (good old Jerry Jones strikes again)