Property Ownership
A Minnesota property owner's land is taken by the city for a new road. The owner is entitled to just compensation under which constitutional provision?
AFirst Amendment
BFourth Amendment
CFifth Amendment Takings Clause✓ Correct
DFourteenth Amendment Due Process
Explanation
The Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause (applicable to states through the Fourteenth Amendment) requires just compensation when government takes private property for public use (eminent domain). Minnesota's condemnation process follows this constitutional requirement. Property owners have the right to challenge the amount of compensation offered.
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