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Bill: Eminent Domain
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperia Nationalist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 3024
Description[?]:
it is necassary |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may not seize private property.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Eminent domain compensation (if eminent domain is legal).
Old value:: The victim of eminent domain determines just compensation.
Current: The government determines compensation for victims of eminent domain; victims can sue if they deem it unfair.
Proposed: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 20:16:19, October 31, 2010 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Eminent Domain |
Message | hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, I don't think so |
Date | 20:20:21, October 31, 2010 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Eminent Domain |
Message | The Libertarian Socialist party seeks to end government tyranny as well a corporate tyranny. I take great joy in voting against this. |
Date | 02:12:27, November 01, 2010 CET | From | Imperia Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Eminent Domain |
Message | What happens if there is a state ememergency and the government needs to take an area immediatly this will let us do it. Obviously it wont happen often because it is only incase of vital work |
Date | 14:18:28, November 01, 2010 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Eminent Domain |
Message | It's a simple matter of who is subject to who. The government is supposed to exist to serve and be subservient to the people, the people do not serve us. By this idea we don't have the right to build on a citizen's land and if we did then that just means despite all our property rights the government still really owns everything in case they want to make something like a highway. |
Date | 18:02:20, November 01, 2010 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Eminent Domain |
Message | There could be a situation like a state emergenccy where the government needs to take an area immediately, but the wording "the government may seize private property for vital government works" is way too gray for my liking. And even before that I would want to know the steps the government must take in order to declare that a state of emergency is in place, which if they were to be to my liking would be very streneuous and restrictive ones. |
Date | 03:14:48, November 03, 2010 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Eminent Domain |
Message | Without making it like this, the opportunity for the government to pervert and use this power to tyrannize the individual through the seizing of property for reasons that are far from being able to be reasonably labeled "in the case of a state emergency", would be drastically increased. Experience has shown that it is likely that if the opportunity for such is available, that it will be taken advantage of. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 35 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 140 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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