Constitution
Amendment 5-Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings
"nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Connection
This cartoon shows a house with kids as being America and two peopl where one is the government and the other is a developer. Then they have a long car with a license plate saying eminent domain. The developer is sayin "I smell an opportunity here. I'll take that land." It is talking about how America was the place where there was advancement/success until the government came in. When the government came in and took over the paid for the land which made it eminent domain.
It connects to the constitution because in Amendment 5 it states that " nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." Meaning that the governement or state can not come in and take over your land with out paying you for it. That's why the long car has eminent domain on it because the government goes around paying people for private property so that they can build something different on the land. In the constitution it also says "nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,"(natural rights) so someone can't take someone's else's property from him/her. In the picture the developer says "I see and opportunity", so he is going to try and talk the United States into giving up their land and he thinks it just may work because the U.S. is like little children.
Eminent domain is a good way of negotiating things over with people. Because of the constitution no one can take away of your property. Although they can't take it away they can still try to talk you into selling it for a certain price. John Locke states that people have the right to defend their life, liberty, and property which are natural rights. Liberty is the right to think on you own so when discussing eminent domain you have to use your mind more than what they are offering you.
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