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Seize Property As a Last Resort: Eminent domain bill should protect humans, not just natural habitats

by Daren Bakst
posted on in Government Reform, Law & Regulation, Property Rights

In North Carolina, the government can invoke eminent domain and seize private property even if reasonable alternatives exist to using this power. A recent Senate bill (SB 600) would allow conservation easement holders to challenge takings in court by requiring the government to prove that no prudent and feasible alternatives exist to condemnation of properties encumbered by conservation easements.

Seize Property As a Last Resort: Eminent domain bill should protect humans, not just natural habitats

Daren Bakst is the Research Fellow in Agricultural Policy at the Heritage Foundation.  In this position, Bakst studies and writes about agricultural and environmental policy and property rights, among other issues.  He has done extensive work on the farm bill… ...

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