Have you ever wanted to build something on your property but the government said no? It’s your land, isn’t it your land? Well some believe it isn't. The people of the United States are given the right to private property it’s in the Constitution. However the definition seems to be blurry, if you asked numerous different lawyers you will most likely get several answers. Some people believe that because you have payed for the land completely, then it is your property and no one can take it from you. Although some laws pertaining to what is and is not private property are blurry, the fact that someone can put up notices and signs gives people knowledge of the owner and, that he or she does not want anyone on the property, this may give people the thought that the property is that persons and only that persons, yet if the government wants to come on your land they can, and there are few ways you can stop them. If the state wants to build a highway through your front yard, then either they will give you less than the value of the land and tell you to leave or they can make you leave. The government shows little regard for the private property laws. The definition of private property is “Tangible and intangible things owned by individuals or firms over which their owners have exclusive and absolute legal rights, such as land, buildings, money, copyrights, patents, etc. Private property can be transferred only with its owner's consent, and by due process such as sale or gift.” http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/private-property.html Private property means that the owner has the right to decide how the property is used. As I stated earlier, the government has the power of imminent domain, to an extent. They have the power to take land if necessary, but they can not take the land and sell it for profit of any kind. The government also has no right to implement a land use plan thus one of the few times that the government has the right to tell you what you can and can not do on your land is if they have found or have reason to believe there is an endangered animal on the property. If that is the case then there are protection laws in place to protect both the animals and the owners of the property. The laws are blurry because people have been trying to change laws and make them more into their needs and people are changing the constitution to the needs of the situation. I interviewed my brother-in-law-Erech Doviak a local farmer for the rest of the speech. I asked Erech what his views were on private property, and he said “what is mine is mine and i would rather the government not control it.” He also agreed that although he pays the bills on it and some of it is paid off, it is not okay that the government has so much control over something that is yours. The government has the ability to take your land and make it into something like a highway, or put a building up if that's what they need. Overall, the government has full control over all the land and property around them. Laws used to be very black and white, however now things get blurry, and more and more twisted. Steven Clower
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