In the wake of
the Supreme Court's controversial decision in Kelo v. City of
New London, writes Associate Editor Damon W. Root, 43 states
passed laws protecting private property against Kelo-style
eminent domain abuse. Mississippi is not one of those states.
So why did Republican Gov. Haley Barbour recently veto a bipartisan bill that would have secured property rights, and then introduce a bill of his own that undermines them even further?
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