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Bill: Eminent Domain Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian 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: December 2215
Description[?]:
| An act to criminalise the theft of property by the government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may not seize private property.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Eminent domain compensation (if eminent domain is legal).
Old value:: The victim of eminent domain sets compensation, government can appeal to the courts if they deem the cost too high.
Current: The victim of eminent domain sets compensation, government can appeal to the courts if they deem the cost too high.
Proposed: The victim of eminent domain determines just compensation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:18:46, April 16, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Act |
| Message | There can NEVER be a case for taking someones property without their permission. Government is of the people BY the people FOR the people. Theft is wrong and if a governemt resorts to theft it no longer has the moral right to govern! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 52 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 85 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 193 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Let's call the drug war what it is, ethnic cleansing of Americans." - Jello Biafra |