SCOTUS and eminent domain

Private property, and the right to defend it, is central to liberty and the America established by our wise founding fathers. Without the right to "own" something, people cannot be free. Whether it be the money a person earns from his work, the work itself, retirement savings, a house, or intellectual property, liberty means ownership.
Now, our founders did include a clause in the 5th amendment of the US Constitution providing for government to procure private property for "public use", however over recent decades, local towns have been abusing eminent domain power by taking property from one private individual and giving it to another private individual in the hopes of increasing tax revenues. Early next year, the Supreme Court of the United States will revisit this issue. With any luck at all, it will clarify its prior ruling that eminent domain is best left with local authorities. Hopefully, there will be clear and defined parameters as to when and why a government may use the eminent domain power. Hopefully...

"The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence." - President John Adams