You and I each have a constitutional right that if our property is taken, it's taken for a public use.

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That is the exception that swallows the rule. Private-to-private takings are still authorized when they are state financed ? something that's true in nearly all large-scale developments. The league-supported bill doesn't end eminent domain abuse; it simply shifts decision-making to St. Paul and enlarges the lobbying power of the Minnesota League of Cities.

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