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To: Non-Sequitur
In Arizona and other states public utilities may seize federal, state, commericial and private property ("[t]he authority may acquire by lease, purchase or any other means, real property owned by the state or federal government.")

"Before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment this power [eminent domain] of the state was unrestrained by any federal authority."
Justice Day, Green v. Frazier , 253 US 233, (1920)

Whether or not the federal government agreed to it, the states could do what they wanted with respect to properties within their borders.

312 posted on 10/01/2002 8:50:09 PM PDT by 4CJ
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
Whether or not the federal government agreed to it, the states could do what they wanted with respect to properties within their borders.

And I will ask again for an example which supports your claim. Point out one instance where a state or local government siezed federal property under eminent domain without the prior approval of the federal government.

313 posted on 10/02/2002 3:35:16 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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