Article: Hatch seeks to shield private-property owners

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded the authority of governments to seize private property has Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch looking to his home state of Utah as a model for federal legislation expanding the rights of private-property owners.

"I found this (court ruling) decision alarming, to say the least," Hatch said. "But . . . the court's decision does not prohibit legislatively enacted limits on the exercise of the takings power, nor does it prohibit the legislation I am proposing today, which would grant new powers and resources to property owners who are targeted by federal eminent-domain actions."

On Tuesday, Hatch and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., introduced the Empowering ...

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