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Fred Thompson’s Record on Eminent Domain
Mike Muller | Tue, Nov 13th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: mike muller, eminent domain, fred thompson, federal register, executive order, marion county, thompson against eminent domain | 0
Settling for Narrow Regulation; Support for a Ban on Funds for States Allowing Eminent Domain for Private Use; A Missed Chance.
One grim morning in 1998, about 50 property owners in the rolling hills of Marion County, Tennessee, woke up to the news that a private gas company was trying to take part of their land for a natural gas pipeline. The company, US Gypsum, had been given the authority of eminent domain by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, who saw more benefits in the…
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