[Mb-civic] Is Your Stuff Yours? The Answer Isn't So Simple

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Is Your Stuff Yours? The Answer Isn't So Simple 
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Seeking to limit government seizures, conservatives take the issue to court.

By Martin Garbus
Martin Garbus is a trial lawyer in the law firm of Davis & Gilbert in New York.

February 21 2005

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will be faced with the following question: Under what conditions, if any, can the government take property from you or your business for the public good? Although the question sounds straightforward enough, its answer will have profound, complex — and terribly important — consequences for the future of American social policy. 

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