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The US House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to pass the Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2005 , a bill that its supporters said would provide easier access to federal courts to landowners seeking to...

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Activists opposed to the controversial June 2005 US Supreme Court eminent domain ruling in Kelo v. New London which allowed the city of New London, Connecticut to expropriate private property for private redevelopment conferring economic...

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JURIST Special Guest Columnist Richard Davis of Brigham Young University says that at the end of four days of Senate confirmation hearings, Judge Samuel Alito appears to have succeeded in his political task of securing enough swing votes to avoid...

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In a 376-38 vote late Thursday, the US House of Representatives approved a bill that would strip state and local governments of federal funding if they use eminent domain to transfer privately owned land to...

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