Through the years, it has been unclear to many people whether or not
eminent domain has been used correctly. Many people disagree, but those are the
people who have been affected by it directly. The opinions on this question are
mostly biased, but looking at it from an outside standpoint, eminent domain is being
used correctly.
The Fifth Amendment states that the government has the right to take
private property if they can prove that the property is going to be used for public
use. This prevents property being taken for the wrong reasons, because the
government has to prove what they are going to be using the land for. The Fifth
Amendment also states that your property cannot be taken without just
compensation. This ensures …show more content…
If the area was going to be turned into a
public park, that would be meeting the requirements of the public use clause;
however, if the area was going to be used to build a vacation house for the president,
then the government would have no reason to take your property.
Without eminent domain, there would be no places for schools, hospitals, fire
departments, banks or even roads. People don’t realize just how much good eminent
domain has done. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to build the stuff that we really
need, because people think that there house is more important. If we didn’t have a
way to guarantee that we could build a new hospital if we needed one, than there
would be no space available and it would have to be built far away from where
everybody lives.
In the well-known court case Kelo vs. New London, the city of New London
came up with a development plan that they said was “projected to create in excess
1,000 jobs, to increase tax and other revenues, and to revitalize an economically
distressed city, including its downtown and waterfront areas.”(casebriefs.com)
eminent domain has been used correctly. Many people disagree, but those are the
people who have been affected by it directly. The opinions on this question are
mostly biased, but looking at it from an outside standpoint, eminent domain is being
used correctly.
The Fifth Amendment states that the government has the right to take
private property if they can prove that the property is going to be used for public
use. This prevents property being taken for the wrong reasons, because the
government has to prove what they are going to be using the land for. The Fifth
Amendment also states that your property cannot be taken without just
compensation. This ensures …show more content…
If the area was going to be turned into a
public park, that would be meeting the requirements of the public use clause;
however, if the area was going to be used to build a vacation house for the president,
then the government would have no reason to take your property.
Without eminent domain, there would be no places for schools, hospitals, fire
departments, banks or even roads. People don’t realize just how much good eminent
domain has done. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to build the stuff that we really
need, because people think that there house is more important. If we didn’t have a
way to guarantee that we could build a new hospital if we needed one, than there
would be no space available and it would have to be built far away from where
everybody lives.
In the well-known court case Kelo vs. New London, the city of New London
came up with a development plan that they said was “projected to create in excess
1,000 jobs, to increase tax and other revenues, and to revitalize an economically
distressed city, including its downtown and waterfront areas.”(casebriefs.com)