Eminent Domain: This Land is My Land

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Eminent Domain This Land is My Land

• Ryan Cook, Brett Henry,
• Megan Mueller, Josh Muller

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Definition

• A right of a government to take private property
  for public use by virtue of the superior dominion
  of the sovereign power over all lands within its
  jurisdiction

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History

• 5th Amendment
• Takings Clause
• Nor shall private property be taken for public
  use, without just compensation

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Interpretation

• Public good versus public use
• Government intentions
• Early examples
• Railroads, highways
• Public purpose

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Kelo v. City of New London

• History of case
• Lower rulings
• 5-4 affirming by Supreme Court

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Affirming

• Use versus mechanics
• Private development is beneficial
• Serves greater public purpose
• Deference to local government
• Break from tradition

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Dissenting

• Opens the door
• Original purpose
• Who is affected
• Departure from blight criteria
• Blight
• Saleets from Lakewood, Ohio
• 3 BR, 2 baths, attached two-car garage, central
  air

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Federal level

• Federal preference
• Hard to set an example
• Hurricanes
• Allows states to set standards

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State level

• Pre-Kelo standards
• Post-Kelo legislation
• Varies from state to state

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The New York Times

• New HQ
• Improving the block benefits public

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Kansas

• High usage
• Kansas International Speedway

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International

• United Kingdom
• New Zealand
• Australia
• European Nations
• China

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Local

• Hays Transportation Development District
• Highway 183, Rooks County
• Kansas City
• Merriam
• Topeka

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Our opinion

• Oppose eminent domain for private use
• Oppose Kelo decision
• Public purpose

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Works Cited

• 1) Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 11th
  ed. 2003.
• 2) Bechara, Dennis. Eminent Domain and The Rule
  of Law. 1985. Liberty Haven. 19.Apr. 2006.
  http//www.libertyhaven.com/politicsandcurrenteven
  ts/constitutionscourtsandlaw/eminentdomain.shtml
• 3) Eminent Domain Taking Property for Public
  Use http//realestate.findlaw.com/homeownership/
  home-land-use-zoning/home-land-use-zoning-eminent-
  domain.html
• 4) Wallace, Mike. Eminent Domain Being
  Abused? 60 Minutes. 4 July 2004. CBSNews. 17
  Apr. 2006.
• lt http//www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/60minu
  tes/main575343.shtmlgt
• 5) Barron, David. Eminent domain is dead! (Long
  live eminent domain!). The Boston Globe. 16
  Apr. 2006. Boston.com. 17 Apr. 2006.
  lthttp//www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2
  006/04/16/eminent_domain_is_dead_long_live_eminent
  _domain/gt
• 6) Kelo v. City of New London, 125 S. Ct. 2655
  (2005). LexisNexis Academic. 17 Apr. 2006. lt
  http//www.web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/printdocgt

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Works Cited (cont.)

• 7) The Biggest Business of Them All 1 Feb.
  2004.
• http//www.cis.ksu.edu/ctb/liberty/radio/outline
  s/20040201.php
• 8) Eminent Domain 2005 State Legislation,
  2005, http//www.ncsl.org/programs/natres/post-kel
  oleg.htm
• 9) Eminent Domain 2006 State Legislation,
  2006, http//www.ncsl.org/programs/natres/emindoma
  inleg06.htm
• 10) The Polls Are In, Castle Coalition Public
  Opinion Polls, http//www.castlecoalition.org/reso
  urces/kelo_polls.html
• 11) Lambro, Donald, Alabama limits eminent
  domain, The Washington Times, 4 Aug 2005,
  http//www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php
  ?StoryID20050804-120711-4571r
• 12) Eminent domain, Wikipedia,
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain