Eminent Domain Part II...
A few weeks ago, Spinfly posted a somewhat scary article about the United States Supreme Court's recent decision that expanded the government's power of eminent domain.
For those of you not following, eminent domain is the inherent power of a governmental entity to take privately owned property. It is usually applied to cases where the government has the "authority" to take your land and convert it to public use. There is "reasonable compensation" involved, but really...who wants to be forced out of their house?
Anyway...since the decision, several states have quickly started fighting back...establishing limits through state law means. South Dakota is one of those states. Let's hope it works.
Word,
Skoggle
For those of you not following, eminent domain is the inherent power of a governmental entity to take privately owned property. It is usually applied to cases where the government has the "authority" to take your land and convert it to public use. There is "reasonable compensation" involved, but really...who wants to be forced out of their house?
Anyway...since the decision, several states have quickly started fighting back...establishing limits through state law means. South Dakota is one of those states. Let's hope it works.
Word,
Skoggle
posted by Sarah at 2:20 PM
4 Comments:
I like Advil the best, it tastes like candy.
The candy sweetness makes me excited.
I don't want to respond to this because I'll have to agree with Skog. But, ok, well, I do anyway.
I didn't know states could override it; good to know, go Illinois!
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