instaPoll: Do you believe that preserving open space is a permissible use of eminent domain?

While our Constitution permits the taking of property, the Fifth Amendment guarantees that no property shall be taken except for public use and with just compensation.  In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that eminent domain could be used for economic development, holding that such development qualified as a 'public use.'  In response that year, the House passed the Private Property Rights Protection Act, with my support, to prohibit the federal government from exercising its power of eminent domain for economic development. This week, Summit County, Colorado is seeking to use the power of eminent domain to seize a 10-acre parcel of land, owned by a couple, in order to preserve open space, and protect wildlife and the habitat.  Question of the week:   Do you believe that preserving open space is a permissible use of eminent domain? ( ) Yes.  ( ) No. ( ) I don't know.  ( ) Other. Take the Poll here. Find the results of last week's InstaPoll here.

 

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