Post by TomLine on Mar 10, 2017 8:52:01 GMT -5
DONALD TRUMP AND EMINENT DOMAIN
by Tom Lineaweaver
by Tom Lineaweaver
Individual freedom finds tangible expression in property rights.” This statement, penned by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, recognizes how central property rights are to a free society.
Yet, with increasing frequency, federal, state, and local governments bow to political and economic expediency and trample the rights of property owners.
Vera Coking, an elderly widow from Atlantic City, knows firsthand the power of unaccountable government agencies. The Institute for Justice successfully defended Vera against the condemnation of her home by a State agency that sought to take her property and transfer it—at a bargain-basement price—to another private individual: Donald Trump. Trump convinced the State agency to use its “eminent domain” power to take Vera’s home so he could construct a limousine parking lot for his customers—hardly a public purpose. And unfortunately, cases in which government agencies act not as protectors of constitutionally guaranteed rights, but instead as agents for powerful, private interests, have become all too common.
Thanks to IJ’s advocacy, Vera Coking won in court and enjoyed her home of more than three decades.
The case in depth: ij.org/case/casino-reinvestment-development-authority-v-coking/
Yet, with increasing frequency, federal, state, and local governments bow to political and economic expediency and trample the rights of property owners.
Vera Coking, an elderly widow from Atlantic City, knows firsthand the power of unaccountable government agencies. The Institute for Justice successfully defended Vera against the condemnation of her home by a State agency that sought to take her property and transfer it—at a bargain-basement price—to another private individual: Donald Trump. Trump convinced the State agency to use its “eminent domain” power to take Vera’s home so he could construct a limousine parking lot for his customers—hardly a public purpose. And unfortunately, cases in which government agencies act not as protectors of constitutionally guaranteed rights, but instead as agents for powerful, private interests, have become all too common.
Thanks to IJ’s advocacy, Vera Coking won in court and enjoyed her home of more than three decades.
The case in depth: ij.org/case/casino-reinvestment-development-authority-v-coking/
How would you like Donald Trump take your grandmother's house away from her? That's what he tried to Vera Coking in Atlantic City. And now he's President, and he is doing rather much with land that belongs to American Indians. www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/24/trump-gives-green-light-to-dakota-access-keystone-xl-oil-pipelines/?utm_term=.fe812b96e6e1
His history shows that private property rights of the little guy means nothing to Donald Trump. And now he is showing the same thing as President. If he should be impeached for anything it is this.
Do you want a President that will uphold private property rights? Then help me...
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