The state: Virgina
The legislative action at issue: In 2003 the VA Constitution added:
“That the General Assembly shall pass no law whereby private property, the right to which is fundamental, shall be damaged or taken except for public use.”
The VA Supreme Court: What happens if the Court rules that the right to private property is fundamental:
- shift zoning cases to judges, from local governments
- zoning cases will have heavier scrutiny
- court dockets would be clogged
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