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Spending Limits or Your Property

Commentary By

Derrick A. Max

Derrick Max is Vice President of Policy at the Jefferson Forum and may be reached at dmax@jeffersonforum.org

Shaun Kenney

SHAUN KENNEY is the President & CEO of Jefferson Forum.  

Stephen D. Haner

Steve Haner is the Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Jefferson Forum and may be reached at Steve@thomasjeffersoninst.org

Commentary By

Geoffrey Segal

Your home is your castle, right? It was until June 23, 2005. That’s the day the Supreme Court gave local government broad powers for eminent domain anytime your home is needed for “economic development.” Particularly disturbing is that the Virginia Supreme Court has the same issue before it now, and may need to bow to the U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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