Saturday, January 3, 2009

"Prickly City" takes on the Constitution and the Takings Clause


This is from the paper. All credit given, it is from December 31st, KC Star. Prickly City is one of the few comic strips that leans right. The storyline included here is originally from 2005, and deals with a fight for Walmart to build. Walmart has brought on controversy in Virginia, proposing to build within a mile of the entrance to the historic battle site of the Wilderness (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJpplE9BdF5uEHq4nJg1n5D9o45AD95F6OGG0).
Is Walmart what the founding fathers had in mind when they put in the Takings Clause? Where can we see its use today, in our area? Should Kansas City invoke it to build a light rail system? Where should the trail run? Who should be forced to give up their properties?

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