Democratic (constitutionalist) Cleveland—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Condemnation Act of 1888, authorizing the federal government to use eminent domain to seize private property.
[added 5/15/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Condemnation Act – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condemnation_Act