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| SDVT-2 |
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/a...RTICLE_ID=54011
Can the government force one to sell his property? James Madison said yes, so long as it was for a public use and the owner was paid a fair market value. Thomas Jefferson was opposed to a person being forced to sell his property for a public use, arguing that the essence of private property is the right to exclude anyone, including government, from the property. But Madison's view prevailed, hence the Fifth Amendment provision.
In recent years, state and local governments have been running roughshod over private property rights in ways that would have horrified our founders. In the 1959 Courtesy Sandwich Shop case, a New York court held that if the tax collector collects more taxes by taking the private property of one party and transferring it to another, that's a public use permitted by the Constitution. |
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| Timmy |
Texas was stolen from the Mexicans/Injuns. Lets just chalk this up to irony.
MAKE WAY FOR PROGRESS!!!! |
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| FunKdaFriEd |
| There are eminent domain issues addressed almost on a regular basis in the local news around here these days. A friend of mine actually had to sell his house and move, or lose it through 'eminent domain', because the town wanted to put a traffic circle on the corner of his block (and which, if you knew the area, it would be obvious how stupid the idea is). Coincidentally enough, I find most local eminent domain cases that make headlines around here to usually involve the same construction or development companies with ties to local authorities. More and more cases of elected officials abusing their constituents to line their pockets with cash though under the table dealings, bribes and incentives. |
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