Prompted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that broadened the power of eminent domain, Del. David Boschert, one of a host of Republicans in the state House and Senate behind the amendment, said giving government the power to take private property "at any old time" is wrong.
The high court's ruling gave the states permission to set their own specific rules, including a clear definition of what "public use" is. The GOP amendment would say the state can only take land to build roads, schools and...
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