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To: RightOnTheBorder

Where does Constitution limit to public purpose?


6 posted on 02/11/2016 4:15:24 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

Isn’t that under the Convenient Cruz Clause? :)


9 posted on 02/11/2016 4:18:01 PM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: Raycpa
Where does Constitution limit to public purpose?

It didn't and was left to the states. That is what went wrong with the Kelo decision that forced the states to clean up their eminent domain laws to prevent the taking for 'economic development'.

10 posted on 02/11/2016 4:18:26 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (The Democrats Must Lose In November)
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To: Raycpa

The Fifth amendment


14 posted on 02/11/2016 4:22:11 PM PST by almcbean
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To: Raycpa

Last sentence of the Fifth Amendment.


39 posted on 02/11/2016 4:48:08 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Raycpa
Where does Constitution limit to public purpose?

Was there ever a time when you considered yourself a conservative?

50 posted on 02/11/2016 5:02:55 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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“...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

U.S. Constitution - Amendment 5


57 posted on 02/11/2016 5:07:38 PM PST by mlo
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To: Raycpa
Where does Constitution limit to public purpose?

It's called the 5th amendment, and it actually limits it to public use not just public purpose.

104 posted on 02/11/2016 7:46:35 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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