I find it interesting this thread has not sparked more input.
Interestingly, I find Scilia's argument to not use eminent domain for the benefit of private enterprise as not being a "conservative" viewpoint, but one of being "liberal". The constitution has no such limits under the taking clause, any such limit becomes one read into the "penumbra" of the constitutional words. The type of language used to justify every liberal expansion of word meaning since Chief Justice Warren's Court.
Interestingly, this is the same "reading" that is expanding protected speech to cover the right to pornography, and gun control as not applying to individuals right to bear arms.
We live in a society that any specific words can now have multiple meanings.
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