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To: Red Steel
Where is it allowed to have ‘eminent domain’ in the US Constitution? Do you know?

In the 5th Amendment:

"...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

34 posted on 01/15/2016 4:04:25 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative; DB

Bingo but I was looking for DB to do it.


39 posted on 01/15/2016 4:06:12 PM PST by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: CA Conservative

Where is it allowed to have “eminent domain” in the US Constitution? Do you know?
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In the 5th Amendment:

“...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
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The defenders of EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CRONIES like to ignore “public use” in that clause.


66 posted on 01/15/2016 4:18:09 PM PST by House Atreides (Cruzin' [BUT NO LONGER Trumping'] or losin'!)
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