美國法律原理最重要的就是 balance of public interest and individual rights.
保護濕地,是一個public interest. 土地所有權,是一個individual right。如何平衡,是個人可以阻止政府,還是政府可以硬上?
這裏的平衡點就是第五修正案:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
一般的理解是,為了public use,政府可以take private property,但是必須有just compensation。
所以說,論點不是I don't like it,而是this is not fair, not just。