美国法律原理最重要的就是 balance of public interest and individual rights.
保护湿地,是一个public interest. 土地所有权,是一个individual right。如何平衡,是个人可以阻止政府,还是政府可以硬上?
这里的平衡点就是第五修正案:
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,为了public use,政府可以take private property,但是必须有just compensation。
所以说,论点不是I don't like it,而是this is not fair, not just。