William F. Buckley, Jr., passed away on Wednesday, February 27th, marking the end of an era, as he was the preeminent intellectual of the post-Word War II American conservative movement. In recent years, the term “conservative” has lost an absolute definition, and competing factions have intensely debated its “true” meaning. At the close [...]

Eminent domain has a long running role in American history and has played a large part in the country’s shaping. Traditionally, it is defined as the power of the government to seize the private property of a citizen without the owner’s consent, provided the land goes to “public use.” The Fifth Amendment specifically states (in [...]