Strange Bedfellows

From the “Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn” website:

Amicus Brief Files on Behalf of Goldstein v. Pataki Plaintiffs – June 9, 2008

Institute for Justice Files Amicus in Brooklyn Eminent Domain Case:

Supreme Court Should Preserve Judiciary’s Role In Examining the Question of “Public Use”

...“Although Kelo clearly expanded the definition of “public use” to include economic development, the Supreme Court was also clear that government cannot take property simply for the private benefit of another party even if the government claims it is for public use,” said Dana Berliner, a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice. “The court needs to assert that public use is more than just a formality for cities to manipulate to mean whatever they choose.”