What constitutes a taking for the purpose of eminent domain?

Answer:


An ideal response will:
1. Define eminent domain.
2. Discuss the qualities required for a taking, including that the taking be direct, that the person lose control over the property, and that the taking be justly compensated.

Political Science

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The Pendleton Act

A. extended federal civil service protections to the states. B. reorganized the federal government and exempted a substantial number of government employees from civil service protections. C. increased the number of government employees selected by the spoils system. D. established the principle of employment on the basis of open competitive examinations. E. established a merit system during the Civil War.

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Which word best describes the language used by the framers to describe the office of the president?

a. static b. deferential c. florid d. vague

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The provision of the Constitution that stipulates that the Constitution, and the laws of the United States, represent the supreme law of the nation is referred as

a. the necessary and proper clause. b. the supremacy clause. c. the full faith and credit clause. d. the privileges and immunities clause. e. none of the above.

Political Science

A blending of state and national authority is associated with ________ federalism, while a separation of national and state authority is associated with ________ federalism.

A. dual; cooperative B. dual; fiscal C. cooperative; dual D. cooperative; pyramid E. picket-fence; cooperative

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