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what other bloggers are saying via technorati tags:Executive Order Could Effect Cases of Eminent Domain in L.A. - metroblogging
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“The Bush Trifecta- Executive Order Private Property “ - juneau blog snip: "This is the latest in the Bush trifecta, Zarquawi=Dead, Iraq=Great Visit With New Iraqi President, Private Property Rights=Exectutive Order.."====
pajamas media: President Weighs In On Kelo snip "Holy Coast comments, “On this one year anniversary of the infamous Kelo decision, President Bush has issued an Executive Order..."
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Reactions to President Bush's Executive Order by Timothy Sandefur
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Bush Protects Personal Property...Sort Of the american moderate party====ILYA SOMIN, Assistant Professor at George Mason University School of Law:"numerous state legislatures are enacting laws that supposedly ban Kelo-style but actually achieve little or nothing. Today's presidential executive order on eminent domain continues this pattern. On the surface, the order seems to forbid federal agencies from undertaking economic development condemnations. But its wording undercuts this goal. Here is the key part of the text..." click here to read more.
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Pacific Legal Foundation on Eminent Domain abuse:
"...it’s highly doubtful that this executive order will mean anything.[...] Even the Kelo case itself says that government can’t take property for purely private use; it just goes on to say that virtually anything that arguably is good for society qualifies as a public use. Without addressing that issue, things like this order will do very little to solve the problem." click here to read more.
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private property executive order - google blog search
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ref: executive order 12630
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last added 11:41 pm cdt friday 23 june 2006
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shrub really does think hes a dictator. why else issue this worthless executive order ostensibly styled 'protecting the property rights of the american people?' if you read section 3 it leaves in place all the reasons the government can seize private property in the first place. so now we have a president that not only is subverting the will of the american people, ignoring the congress and the laws they pass in the unconstitutional signing statements he attaches to every bill now he is attempting to trump the supreme court.
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Executive Order: Protecting the Property Rights of the American People
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to strengthen the rights of the American people against the taking of their private property, it is hereby ordered as follows:Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect the rights of Americans to their private property, including by limiting the taking of private property by the Federal Government to situations in which the taking is for public use, with just compensation, and for the purpose of benefiting the general public and not merely for the purpose of advancing the economic interest of private parties to be given ownership or use of the property taken.Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Attorney General shall:(i) issue instructions to the heads of departments and agencies to implement the policy set forth in section 1 of this order; and(ii) monitor takings by departments and agencies for compliance with the policy set forth in section 1 of this order.(b) Heads of departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law:(i) comply with instructions issued under subsection (a)(i); and(ii) provide to the Attorney General such information as the Attorney General determines necessary to carry out subsection (a)(ii).Sec. 3. Specific Exclusions. Nothing in this order shall be construed to prohibit a taking of private property by the Federal Government, that otherwise complies with applicable law, for the purpose of:(a) public ownership or exclusive use of the property by the public, such as for a public medical facility, roadway, park, forest, governmental office building, or military reservation;(b) projects designated for public, common carrier, public transportation, or public utility use, including those for which a fee is assessed, that serve the general public and are subject to regulation by a governmental entity;c) conveying the property to a nongovernmental entity, such as a telecommunications or transportation common carrier, that makes the property available for use by the general public as of right;(d) preventing or mitigating a harmful use of land that constitutes a threat to public health, safety, or the environment;(e) acquiring abandoned property;(f) quieting title to real property;(g) acquiring ownership or use by a public utility;(h) facilitating the disposal or exchange of Federal property; or(i) meeting military, law enforcement, public safety, public transportation, or public health emergencies.Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:(i) authority granted by law to a department or agency or the head thereof; or(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals.(c) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with Executive Order 12630 of March 15, 1988.(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.GEORGE W. BUSHTHE WHITE HOUSE,June 23, 2006.# # #
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