Do you think the government's power of Eminent Domain should be revoked?

[geekender]

eminent domain
-noun-
The right of a government to appropriate private property for public use, usually with compensation to the owner.


Examples:

Example
California Guide

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I don't know...I thought Eminem's last album was actually pretty good...no need for the government to revoke his domain, eminem.com.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by:geekender

eminent domain
-noun-
The right of a government to appropriate private property for public use, usually with compensation to the owner.

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"The right of a government to appropriate private property for private use, usually with compensation to the owner."

This isn't America anymore Walt. It's the UnNanny Estados De Mexico and under Communistic Rule.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Well considering we've appropriated part of Cuba, the nice parts of Afghanistan . . . damn let that one sink in, all of Iraq, and Diego Garcia what's the harm in snatching private US property . . . it made George W. Bush a millionaire.

 

[conjur]

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by:geekender

eminent domain
-noun-
The right of a government to appropriate private property for public use, usually with compensation to the owner.

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Edited for you:

"The right of a government to appropriate private property for private use, usually with compensation to the owner."

This isn't America anymore Walt. It's the UnNanny Estados De Mexico and under Communistic Rule.

your quote function isn't working so well this morning

anyway, it is necessary, some people just wouldn't move when a new something or other is needed. most of the stuff in the constitution is very well thought out

 

[maluckey]

It's good to have it, but it can be really abused by some local governmnents. More care needs to be exercised when using it.

 

[Dissipate]

The only time eminent domain should be allowed to be used is when the government needs to build a road or some other important utility. This "blighted" B.S. needs to stop. Who is to say someone's property is blighted? Who makes this determination and what standards do they use? Is it blighted compared to third world countries or is it blighted compared to a multi-million dollar estate?

It is not the government's job to make these determinations. The government should not have the right to force private businesses out just to make way for some other enterprise that will increase the government's tax revenue.

 

[kylebisme]

not revoked, but severely restricted.

 

[ElFenix]

it definitely should not be used so that home depot can build a bigger parking lot, tho.

 

[Spencer278]

it should only be used when their is a public work going in and thier is no other land that is for sale that would work for the project.

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
it definitely should not be used so that home depot can build a bigger parking lot, tho.

Eminent Domain is not used for private purposes (bigger Home Depot parking lot).

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown

Originally posted by: ElFenix
it definitely should not be used so that home depot can build a bigger parking lot, tho.

Eminent Domain is not used for private purposes (bigger Home Depot parking lot).

it sure as hell has been.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown

Originally posted by: ElFenix
it definitely should not be used so that home depot can build a bigger parking lot, tho.

Eminent Domain is not used for private purposes (bigger Home Depot parking lot).

Where have you've been? 6 Families were forced from their homes in Alabama so the Town could give their land to Walmart. Just look up Alabaster Alabama.

From article above:

?This is a nation-wide epidemic,? says Berliner. ?We have documented more than 10,000 instances of government taking property from one person to give it to another in just the last five years.?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
The only time eminent domain should be allowed to be used is when the government needs to build a road or some other important utility. This "blighted" B.S. needs to stop. Who is to say someone's property is blighted? Who makes this determination and what standards do they use? Is it blighted compared to third world countries or is it blighted compared to a multi-million dollar estate?

It is not the government's job to make these determinations. The government should not have the right to force private businesses out just to make way for some other enterprise that will increase the government's tax revenue.

Yup, it is being abused.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown

Originally posted by: ElFenix
it definitely should not be used so that home depot can build a bigger parking lot, tho.

Eminent Domain is not used for private purposes (bigger Home Depot parking lot).

sadly, they have been getting away with claiming a public need for the private businesses.

 

[Witling]

GeekEnder, you ask "Do you think the government's power of Eminent Domain should be revoked?"

For me, words have a literal meaning. When you say "revoked," I think you mean it literally. Gee, the government has no more power to build roads, create school sites, create airports, establish new police stations and medical facilities? Gee, that seems great to me. Did you perhaps mean, "Should the right of eminent domain be restricted?"

Take two deep breaths and think before you establish a new thread.