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VA. AMENDMENT LIMITING EMINENT DOMAIN COULD AFFECT SOME PUBLIC PROJECTS
By FREDRICK KUNKLEWashington Post 11/07/2012Local officials warned Wednesday that some proposed public projects need to be reexamined or perhaps dropped following Virginia’s approval of a constitutional amendment that strengthens private property rights against government takings. But backers hailed the newly adopted amendment a victory for landowners and limited government.