Poetic Justice: Justice Souter’s Home Under Eminent Domain Threat

Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s home has been targeted for seizure and destruction by an LLC in Weare, New Hampshire, so that they can build a hotel where Justice Souter’s house now sits.

Justice Souter voted in favor of allowing state and local governments to have greater power in cases of eminent domain just a couple of short weeks ago.

If this story is accurate, this is poetic justice. Who would have thought that this new power given by the Supreme Court to local governments would be used against one of the Justices responsible for the majority vote?

Here’s the story. Justice Souter is probably having a cow.

6/29/05 NOTE: I cannot tell if this story is a joke or not. Take it with a grain of salt.