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Taking From States: Sovereign Immunity's Preclusive Effect On Private Takings Of State Land, Jennifer Danis, Michael Bloom
Taking From States: Sovereign Immunity's Preclusive Effect On Private Takings Of State Land, Jennifer Danis, Michael Bloom
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
The core of a state is its physical presence and dominion over its land. States are now battling to maintain their dignity as sovereigns, while traditional tools essential to federalism risk erosion. Private actors, ostensibly empowered by the federal government to condemn land through eminent domain, threaten state sovereignty by attempting to take state property without consent. Select federal statutes, such as the Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act, grant eminent domain power to private companies to take property for public use. Without proper limiting principles, a statute granting such power could allow a private corporation to condemn and …