Property-owners who have suffered great losses in the course of recent riots and chaos in American cities should be able to sue for just compensation.  It is called inverse condemnation, which is the flip-side of eminent domain.  Property rights are a cornerstone of the American system and are protected constitutionally from government overreach.   The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments include Due Process Clauses and the Takings Clause, which are the bedrock of constitutionally protected private property rights, wherein we are not to be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." Government sets forth regulations (rules and directives) to further the public interest.  If the regulation results in full or partial economic loss to private property, the owner can file an inverse condemnation claim in order to pursue...(Read Full Post)