By Matt Gonzalez “[N]or shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.†US Constitution, 5th Amendment, Takings Clause When James Madison wrote the “takings clause†he couldn’t have expected courts would misread it in subsequent years. Madison plainly wrote that only a “public use†would justify taking private property by government, but [...]
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A Modest Proposal to Contain Eminent Domain
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
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