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Property rights apologia.

Publication: Regulation
Publication Date: 22-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Alexandra Klass takes the eminent domain reform movement to task for not emphasizing natural resources takings, whereby extractive industries are given the power to condemn land for private enrichment. ("The Frontier of Eminent Domain," Summer 2008). By focusing only on Kelo-style redevelopment condemnations rather than takings of natural resources, she claims that "legislators and interest groups have clouded the issue by framing it as one solely of government abuse of eminent domain authority."

In fact, the movement for eminent domain reform has chosen to emphasize redevelopment takings for important reasons. As nonprofit organizations with limited funds, groups like the Pacific Legal Foundation and the Institute for Justice must pick their battles, and do...

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