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Eminent Domain the Domain of GOP Candidates?
Mike Muller | Fri, Feb 29th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: mike muller, john mccain, gop, eminent domain, mike huckabee, ron paul, kelo v. new london | 2
The idea that the government can condemn private property for what it views as the public good has been a source of contention for years. But when the Supreme Court ruled in 2005 in Kelo v. New London that the city in Connecticut could use its powers of eminent domain to take private land for another private development, a new national debate raged.
John McCain latched on to the issue for a while. In August, he pledged “To appoint strict constructionist judges who respect the…
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