Exit this quiz What's your Eminent Domain IQ? 1. Test your eminent domain IQ. Answers on next page. Question Title * 1. Which of the following is not a traditional end use for property seized by eminent domain? Public utilities Highways Railroads Bars Question Title * 2. "Condemnation" means that a property has become so dilapidated as to be legally unfit for human habitation due to its physical defects. True False Question Title * 3. The exercise of eminent domain is limited to real property. Personal property and intangible property, such as copyrights, cannot be condemned by the government. True False Question Title * 4. Which founding document (or part) deals with eminent domain? Articles of Confederation The 5th Amendment to the Constitution The Declaration of Independence The 7th Amendment to the Constitution Question Title * 5. According to the Constitution, which two conditions must be met for the government to exercise eminent domain? Must be for public use Owners must be paid just compensation Owners must agree to the sale Government must give reasonable notice of the seizure Question Title * 6. What was the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in the 2005 eminent domain case, Kelo v. City of New London? Question Title * 7. Using eminent domain for economic development means government takes property from__________________________ and gives it to _________________________. One private owner; another private owner. A government agency; one private owner. One private owner; a government agency. Question Title * 8. Who wrote the following: “Under the banner of economic development, all private property is now vulnerable to being taken andtransferred to another private owner, so long as it might be upgraded…nothing is to prevent the statefrom replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with afactory.” Justice John Paul Stevens, majority opinion of the Supreme Court, Kelo vs. New London, CT Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court, Kelo vs. New London, CT Justice Clarence Thomas, dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court, Kelo vs. New London, CT ANSWERS
