Erika Morphy is co-editor of Debt and Equity Journal, from which this article is excerpted. On the one-year anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London, the Bush Administration weighed in on the still controversial issue by declaring that federal agencies cannot seize private property except for public projects like highways or hospitals. Experts say the gesture was largely symbolic. …

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