By Scott Shackford at reason.com

January 25, 2016

In the era of media “clickbait” it’s probably pointless and self-defeating to get worked up over a headline, but nevertheless consider this from the Washington Post: “How an obscure legal issue found its way into the GOP race.”

The “obscure legal issue” referenced here is eminent domain, the government authority to take private property for public use, authorized by that ancient, yellowing document known as the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.

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