I hope they succeed, but local politicians (knowing that this huge new expansion of their powers is at stake) aren’t likely to let one of these stunts succeed lest it whip up public sentiment and result in the decision being overturned.

What amazes me (still) is the premise the ruling was based on to begin with.  As though collecting more taxes because the government can (not because they need to) was enough “public good” to legitimize the seizing of property from private citizens.

Government should get taxes when there is an existing need for them, not because an occassion presents itself for them to do so.