Eminent Domain

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Keystone XL pipeline is inflicting eminent domain on thousands of individual land owners yet not one peep from Teabaggers or other CONs.



Land Battles Rise as U.S. Eyes 450,000 Miles of New Pipe

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-04/land-battles-rise-as-u-s-eyes-450-000-miles-of-new-pipe.html

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1. But just try to lay a quarter mile of High Speed Rail Track...

And they'll shit their pants.

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2. Eminent domain =

'The power to take private property for public use by a state, municipality, or private person or corporation authorized to exercise functions of public character, following the payment of just compensation to the owner of that property.

Federal, state, and local governments may take private property through their power of eminent domain or may regulate it by exercising their Police Power. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires the government to provide just compensation to the owner of the private property to be taken. A variety of property rights are subject to eminent domain, such as air, water, and land rights. The government takes private property through condemnation proceedings. Throughout these proceedings, the property owner has the right of due process.'

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/eminent+domain

Keystone doesn't 'inflict' eminent domain. Governments have the authority.

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3. I should say "triggers" via corrupted government "officials"