CONCORD, N.H., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Voters in a New Hampshire town have stopped plans to seize the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
Activists targeted Souter's home in Weare, N.H. after he sided in June with a 5-4 majority in allowing a Connecticut city to seize private property by eminent domain, and offer it to developers who could bring the community greater economic benefit.
A California man who was incensed by the court's ruling devised a plot to take Souter's property and convert it into a "Lost Liberty Inn."
Local residents petitioned to put the issue on the town's March ballot.
Resident Walter Bohlin, who said the article was vengeful, recommended negating it by inserting the word "not." Voters approved Bohlin's suggestion by a secret ballot vote of 94-59, the Concord (N.H.) Monitor reported.
Another resident then suggested adding language to the article that forbids the town from seizing Souter's land and asking state lawmakers to bar the transfer of private property to private interests for economic development.
The amended article passed by a unanimous voice vote, the newspaper said.
