Mental contortions

Wow, the Supreme Court today ruled in favor of allowing cities to seize private property through eminent domain for private development, as long as they are within state law. The weird party was that the 5-4 majority consisted of the more liberal members of the SCOTUS. Here is the majority siding with big business and minimizing the purview of the federal government, yet expanding the scope of the 5th Amendment. Whoa. The minority consisting of Scalia, O'Connor, Thomas, and Rehnquist stayed true to their conservative leanings and protect individual rights, limited the scope of government, and narrowly construed the Constitution.

My initial gut reaction: the Court got it horribly wrong today.