Eminent Domain...

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

In a story that looks like it was lifted from the EU or soviet block...




http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2...minent-domain/

So in the US you never really 'own' property it would seem.

That's right! Ever hear of Oak Ridge?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge,_Tennessee

Starting in October 1942, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began acquiring the Oak Ridge area for the Manhattan Project. Unlike TVA's land acquisitions for Norris Dam—which were still fresh on the minds of many Anderson Countians—the Corps' "declaration of taking" was much more swift and final. Many residents came home to find eviction notices tacked to their doors. Most were given six weeks to evacuate, although several had as little as two weeks. Some were even forced out before they received compensation. By March 1943, the area's pre-Manhattan Project communities had been removed, and fences and checkpoints had been established. Anderson County lost one-seventh of its land and $391,000 in annual property tax revenue. The manner with which the Oak Ridge area was acquired created a tense, uneasy relationship between Oak Ridge and the surrounding towns that lasted throughout the Manhattan Project.[8]