Donald Trump’s lightweight defense of taking property for private development

The Volokh Conspiracy 2016-02-07

Summary:

In tonight’s GOP presidential debate, Donald Trump, who has a history of lobbying governments to take property for his own private projects, once again offered a dubious defense of takings for private development: Eminent domain is an absolute necessity for a country, for our country. Without it, you wouldn’t have roads, you wouldn’t have hospitals, […]

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just compensation

Authors:

Ilya Somin

Date tagged:

02/07/2016, 01:33

Date published:

02/06/2016, 23:42