Public use is pretty clear in my opinion The public uses a road or railway It doesn t use the property a mall is built on even if it patronizes the mall The property is being put to private use a buisness Whether or not it benefits the public is irrelevant That citizen s right to their property overrules the cities desire for an increased income I support states rights but I don t support Kelo because I also support citizen s rights If they had taken the same property with due compensation to build a road they would ve been constitutionally within the rights of a state but by giving it to buisness they were violating a citizen s constitutional rights