Personal Experiences

Hearing stories from people’s personal lives have affected me, especially with the growth of the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Thousands of homes were uprooted in the process of building this new stadium in the middle of Arlington, Texas, and these people had no other choice but to obey the government. Experiencing this cruel and unusual punishment cannot be a pleasant experience, especially with the amount of memories and that were shared in its place.

Agreeing that their land should not be taken from them, Carol Segal had a problem as well. According to NewMax.com, he stated that the government “voted to take his land through the eminent domain process” and a developer with “political connections” would take care of it (“Eminent,” par. 2). This is another way of saying the government was taking his land, due to developers wanting to expand their options.

Carol Segal had just paid millions of dollars for his land, and now they wanted to take it from him. Carol had planned to build townhouses on the six acres of land he acquired in New Jersey, and he had the contract from the developer to prove it. I cannot imagine the amount of disappointment or hatred Segal probably felt at that moment in his life, and I believe he should never have had the chance to feel the way he did. Protecting the rights of property and homeowners is very crucial in this argument of abolishing the law of eminent domain, and the importance of this is giving them and the homeowners the choice in the decision.