"Bollinger: Rich bully is getting his way" (NY Post)

fredmar
Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:19:31 +0000

I don’t want to get in the middle of this, but as I recall it from school, the Fifth Amendment recognizes the power of eminent domain, by requiring just compensation for the taking of private property for “public use”. The definition of public use in has become increasingly expansive as the Supreme Court has interpreted the power. The 14th Amendment has been used to apply the power to the states.