Hugh Hewitt: Last question, Governor. Today, the Supreme Court upheld a extraordinary exercise of eminent domain on private property for transfer to other private property. Are you surprised by this? Does it alarm you?

Governor Mitt Romney: You know, the Supreme Court made an error in judgment on this one. You know, I understand the purpose of eminent domain, to make sure that when roads need to be built, or public purposes are involved, that private property can be taken when there’s fair compensation. But to basically say a mall developer could get eminent domain to take away peoples’ homes, that is not a good idea. The liberals on the Court made a mistake on this, and we’re going to have to get a Court that’s willing to stand by the rights of property owners.

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