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As posted many state take over land for roads and public interest programs.
Eminent domain definition is the power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use. The Fifth Amendment provides that the government may only exercise this power if they provide just compensation to the property owners.
As posted many state take over land for roads and public interest programs.
Eminent domain definition is the power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use. The Fifth Amendment provides that the government may only exercise this power if they provide just compensation to the property owners.
Civil forfeiture is a disgrace and an abuse of government power. If Sessions supports it he is wrong and believes in giving government excessive power.
Again I suggest you read Will's column. I can't provide the link but google "Washington Post op ed page Dec 25" and you can pull it up. Then tell me if you think the Sourovelis family got a fair shake.
Read it at 6 this morning. In their case, probably not. In the case we did here, admittedly several years ago, the owner had several chances to clean up her act but continued to rent to individuals who were involved in street level pharmaceutical retailing. As I said, it only had to happen once.
Will's column in today's Washington Post is highly critical of these civil forfeiture laws. And he notes that Trump's pick for Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, is a strong supporter of civil forfeiture. Will suggests that the Senate Judiciary Committee grill Sessions on this matter when he comes up for confirmation. Anyone who cares about civil liberties in this country should hope that Sessions' nomination for Attorney General is struck down.
George Will also said...
Trump isn't a real candidate.
Trump will never be nominated by the GOP
Trump will not score enough delegates.
Trump will not win Super Tuesday
Trump will not be President of the USA
Why is anyone paying him any mind and for that matter still reading WaPo?
So Waldo you think civil forfeiture is good policy and not an excessive use of government power?
Topic isn't about me.
George Will simply makes yet another strawman argument about Trump then seeks to burn it. It's his opinion. And as I demonstrated, his opinion is worth less than 0.
However if the deranged are now to the point of taking council from George Will, I won't stand in their way. They listened to WaPo for a year, believed Hillary would win, then were shocked when it turned out not to be true.
This speaks for itself.
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