On NOW (PBS - Friday 9pm ET) - LAND GRAB! About SC decision

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* Supreme injustice? The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local
governments may seize people's homes and businesses against their will
for private development. NOW reports in LAND GRAB.

* Prison parallels. Civil rights attorney Constance Rice weighs in on
what the conditions in American prisons can tell us about how we treat
prisoners of the war on terror. A David Brancaccio interview.

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LAND GRAB

For years, the government has used the power of eminent domain to take
private property for so-called "public uses," things like building
roads, schools, and police stations. But today, cash-strapped cities
and towns are arguing that the economic benefits of private development
are a legitimate "public use," and they're using eminent domain to force
people out of their homes to make way for casinos, condos, and shopping
malls. On Thursday, the US Supreme Court decided that local governments
may seize people's homes and businesses against their will for private
development. The decision has far-reaching consequences in communities
around the nation where some families' homes are slated for destruction.
The report examines what some have called "an unholy alliance" between
financially stressed cities and eager developers that is endangering the
rights of homeowners across the country

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CONSTANCE RICE

Members of Congress from both parties are now calling for an independent
investigation into possible abuses at Guantanamo. But even with the
painful lessons learned from Abu Ghraib, the White House says "no."
Civil rights crusader and regular NOW contributor Constance Rice says
that there are parallels between the treatment of prisoners in American
prisons, those in Abu Ghraib, and the prison camp at Guantanamo that are
instructive. "Am I saying that our prisons are as bad as Abu Ghraib?
No," she says. "But do we have conditions that are illegal,
unconstitutional and cruel and unusual? Yes."

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1. K-mart Warehouse stole land from people in CO. Boycott them

They lived on a small farm and there's land all over, but they stole these people's land.

Shotgun justice that's all thats left for America.

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2. Sadly, there are many at DU that defend the practice.

It's called PRIVATE PROPERTY! If you worked and earned it, the government/corporate-facsists better keep their hands off of it.

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3. Isn't this exactly how our foreign policy is carried out as well?

It seems this is exactly how we conduct ourselves with other countries...particularly those too weak, poor or isolated to defend themselves and their resources.
The U.S. decides it needs resources for "public use" so it does a land grab and rarely compensates them for what was theirs to begin with.
AND this activity employs private, for profit, companies, giving them precedence over the interests of others.

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4. Kick.........reminder