Here's more reason to be skeptical about Bush's executive order last week concerning eminent domain. Radley Balko reports on the Cato blog that not only did the Bush administration refuse to file a brief on behalf of the property owners in Kelo, but it took a lot of lobbying from conservative groups to get them not to file a brief on behalf of the city.
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