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Billmon on the record of fools rushing in. Includes some very important links.
Max on Kelo.
Speaking of Kelo, Mindles H. Dreck wonders about its implications for land trusts and “forever wild” programs common in - David Souter’s New England!
John Tierney learns a lesson from the Old West he has so far, on the evidence of other columns, been unable to apply to our present-day national security policy. (Via Antiwar.com blog.)
Things you pick up here and there: Juan Cole is surprised to learn Baghdad is under curfew from AP. I am surprised to learn Baghdad is under curfew from Juan Cole.
Comment by Jon H —
June 29, 2005 @ 8:31 am
As far as eminent domain goes, I’d actually like to see Bush use eminent domain to seize the intellectual property covering the armor being put on humvees.
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The company doing the armor has limited capacity, and the armoring is done as a retrofit, requiring partial disassembly of the completed vehicles, at a plant 4 hours away from the humvee factory.
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That company, in order to maintain its profits, has been resisting attempts by the military to license the IP so that other companies can start building armored humvees on the manufacturing line, reducing delays and expense.
Comment by Jim Henley —
July 2, 2005 @ 6:35 am
The public use seems clear enough. How would you determine “just compensation” in that case?