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[P]rivate property (shall not) be taken for public use without just compensationA strict or loose interpretation of the Fifth Amendment's "takings" clause is at the center of a lawsuit over the FDA's teen access regulations by vending machine operators. Quoted in Richey, W. <i>It's vendors' turn to try to get money back</i>
The issue here is who has the power to establish the social policies of the country. Is it the elected officials in Congress or the unelected bureaucrats in the Food and Drug Administration? Charles A. Blixt, executive vice president and general counsel of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Maybe it's the unelected CEOs of major corporations. Quoted in <i>Court to decide on leaf regulation / Can the FDA treat tobacco as a drug?</i>