Legitimate uses for eminent domain

What items do you feel are legitimate for condemnation by eminent domain?

This poll is multiple choice. Select whatever is appropriate. Explain your viewpoints.

None. Eminent domain eliminates a voluntary agreement requirement that is essential for free market transactions. As such, I can't defend it.

I say public roads and public schools(K-12 public schools).Those should be the only reason why eminent domain should be used if it is to be used at all.It should be double or triple fair market price and the city or state should assist those property owners in finding new homes or perhaps relocating their houses. Stealing property from one property to give to someone else should be illegal.When you forcefully and physically deprive someone of their property, that is stealing even if you claim to give them fair market price. Its no different than a thief shoplifting a Cd from a store and claiming he didn't steal it because he left twenty cents on the ground. If they really need the property that bad then they will pay the owner what he or she wants.

One of your responces is wrong.

PUBLIC WATERWAYS are already public. No need for eminent domain.

The use is common for road expansions and the like. But the big thing now is to condem property for the new "development". This should be totally illegal, and the supreme court was stupid with there ruling.

buster9 said:

One of your responces is wrong.

PUBLIC WATERWAYS are already public. No need for eminent domain.

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I think he's suggesting that eminent domain might be needed to build a public waterway.

In my opinion, for eminent domain to be used properly, 2 conditions need to be met.

1. The project which is planned will be be owned by and serve the public.
2. The location for which eminent domain is considered is important to the project's completion/success.

So the only choices that fit those criteria are schools, public roads/bridges, and public waterways.

ronpaulvoter said:

What items do you feel are legitimate for condemnation by eminent domain?

This poll is multiple choice. Select whatever is appropriate. Explain your viewpoints.

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any public purpose
however, some criteria must be met
first, the public must be willing to acquire its access to the real property by paying 200% of its current fair market value
that 100% premium due to the process of eminent domain might be sufficient for the government to identify alternative locations which can meet the project needs without the forced taking of private property
second, the transfer of interest must be in the form of a lease, such that the title never passes to the government. instead, under a leasehold interest, without the right to sublease, until perpetuity, recission of the property rights would return to the original owner at such time that the pubic use is discontinued
that is what would prevent the government from acquiring the property by eminent domain from a reluctant owner in order to transfer it - or its use - to a private entity