The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is coterminous with the scope of a sovereign’s police powers.
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The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is a constitutional limitation on the government’s power of eminent domain, interpreted in some Supreme Court cases as allowing takings that serve any legitimate public purpose within the government’s broad police powers.
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| The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is coterminous with the scope of a sovereign’s police powers. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23185239 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is coterminous with the scope of a sovereign’s police powers. Context triple: [Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff, holding, The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is coterminous with the scope of a sovereign’s police powers.]
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The Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights (1904)
The Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights (1904) is a foundational legal treatise by Ernst Freund that systematically analyzes the scope and limits of state regulatory authority under the U.S. Constitution.
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Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights
"Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights" is a foundational legal treatise by Ernst Freund that systematically analyzes the scope and limits of governmental regulatory authority under the U.S. Constitution.
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C.
General Welfare Clause doctrine
The General Welfare Clause doctrine is a constitutional interpretation that grants Congress broad authority to tax and spend in pursuit of national objectives deemed to promote the general welfare of the United States.
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the Exceptions and Regulations Clause
The Exceptions and Regulations Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress authority to limit and shape the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
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Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is coterminous with the scope of a sovereign’s police powers. Target entity description: The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is a constitutional limitation on the government’s power of eminent domain, interpreted in some Supreme Court cases as allowing takings that serve any legitimate public purpose within the government’s broad police powers.
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A.
The Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights (1904)
The Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights (1904) is a foundational legal treatise by Ernst Freund that systematically analyzes the scope and limits of state regulatory authority under the U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights
"Police Power: Public Policy and Constitutional Rights" is a foundational legal treatise by Ernst Freund that systematically analyzes the scope and limits of governmental regulatory authority under the U.S. Constitution.
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C.
General Welfare Clause doctrine
The General Welfare Clause doctrine is a constitutional interpretation that grants Congress broad authority to tax and spend in pursuit of national objectives deemed to promote the general welfare of the United States.
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D.
the Exceptions and Regulations Clause
The Exceptions and Regulations Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress authority to limit and shape the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
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E.
Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
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holding
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The Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment is coterminous with the scope of a sovereign’s police powers.
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