The Trump era law and order thread

rowland · October 22, 2020, 8:48pm

The Kelo tie-in:

On the other hand, the government can still be liable for a taking if they have somehow helped a private party gain control over your property. If, for example, the government delegates the power of eminent domain to a private firm, such as a railroad or a public utility, they are still required to pay compensation under the Takings Clause. The same is true if the government itself seizes the land for purpose of transferring it to a private party, as in the notorious 2005 Kelo case, where the Supreme Court ruled that the government can take private homes for purposes of transferring them to another private owner in order to promote “economic development.” While the parties in that case disagreed over whether the taking was for a purpose that qualifies as a “public use” (as required by the Fifth Amendment), no one denied that a taking had occurred and that the government owed compensation to the owners, if the state’s actions were constitutionally permissible at all.

Wee · October 25, 2020, 6:28am

Yep, as soon as another’s rights are trampled exercising one’s right to free protest, it isn’t a protest anymore. It’s a riot. I hope Trump sends in the military to bust some heads. I can’t believe the US sits back and allows this to happen.