You know nothing about the subject but are so confident that you’re going to say that I’m a crackpot - Richard Allen Epstein

Legal intervention costs money; legal intervention opens up new avenues for abuse, including totalitarian excesses by government officials who seek to determine preferences on personal matters.

You just don’t know anything about anything. You’re a journalist. Would you like to compare your résumé to mine?

The problem to which the eminent domain clause is directed is that of political obligation and organization. What are the reasons for the formation of the state? What can the state demand of the individuals citizens whom it both governs and represents?