eminent domain - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In 1992, Pennsylvania exercised this power on the entire town of Centralia and condemned it due to the still-ongoing mine fire. For 10 points each:

[10e] The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment requires “just compensation” when the government uses what two-word power of seizing private property for public purposes?

ANSWER: eminent domain

[10h] In a controversial 5–4 decision from 2005, the Supreme Court allowed Susette Kelo’s “Little Pink House” in this Connecticut city to be taken over by Pfizer for private economic development.

ANSWER: New London [accept Kelo v. City of New London]

[10m] O’Connor’s dissent in Kelo decried “nothing is to prevent the State from replacing” these businesses with a fancier counterpart. A case over one of these businesses called “Heart of Atlanta” upheld the Civil Rights Act.

ANSWER: motels [or motor hotels; or motor inns; or motor lodges; accept Motel 6; prompt on hotels] (O’Connor wrote that “Nothing is to prevent the State from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton.”)

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	22.00	80%	80%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	10.83	75%	25%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	11.43	71%	43%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	56%	33%
North	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	67%	56%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	20.00	60%	80%	60%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	92%	8%
South Central	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	13.33	100%	25%	8%
UK	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	22.50	100%	88%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	13	8.46	62%	23%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%

Data


UCSC	Berkeley C	0	0	0	0
Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley E	10	0	10	20
Berkeley A	Berkeley F	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
Berkeley B	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
Queen's B	Guelph B	0	0	0	0
McGill C	McGill B	0	0	0	0
UCF B	FIU	10	0	0	10
UF B	FSU	10	0	10	20
UF C	Melbourne A	0	0	0	0
UCF A	UF D	10	0	10	20
McMaster A	Guelph A	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	McMaster B	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	McMaster C	10	0	0	10
Carleton	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Ottawa	10	0	10	20
McGill A	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
Toronto J	Toronto F	10	0	0	10
Toronto K	Toronto I	0	0	0	0
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto G	10	0	10	20
CWRU C	Pitt C	10	0	0	10
CWRU D	CWRU B	0	0	0	0
OSU A	CWRU A	10	0	10	20
Kenyon B	OSU B	0	0	0	0
Pitt B	OSU C	10	0	10	20
OSU D	Pitt A	10	0	0	10
MSU A	Kenyon A	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	North Carolina B	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	NC State	10	0	0	10
North Carolina C	James Madison	10	0	10	20
North Carolina A	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
Liberty B	South Carolina B	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Virginia Tech A	10	0	0	10
Virginia A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Virginia B	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame E	George Mason A	10	0	0	10
Catholic University	George Mason B	10	0	0	10
Georgetown A	George Washington A	10	10	10	30
Georgetown B	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins C	Johns Hopkins B	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Maryland D	UMBC A	10	10	10	30
NYU A	VCU A	10	10	10	30
Penn A	NYU B	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Swarthmore A	10	10	10	30
Columbia C	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Princeton A	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Vassar A	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers C	Columbia B	0	0	0	0
Missouri B	SIUE	10	0	10	20
WashU D	Truman State	10	0	0	10
WashU C	WashU A	10	0	0	10
Missouri A	William Woods	10	0	0	10
Chicago B	Chicago C	10	0	10	20
Illinois B	Chicago D	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	UIC	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
Indiana B	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame B	Notre Dame C	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	Notre Dame D	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Louisville B	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
Carleton	Iowa State	10	0	10	20
Macalester B	Minnesota B	10	0	0	10
Minnesota A	Nebraska	10	0	0	10
Macalester A	Wisconsin	10	0	0	10
Amherst B	BC A	10	0	0	10
Amherst A	BC B	10	0	10	20
MIT A	BU	10	0	10	20
Brown C	Bowdoin A	10	0	0	10
Tufts A	Brandeis Clemenceau	10	0	0	10
Bowdoin B	Brandeis Orlando	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Wilson	Dartmouth	10	0	0	10
Brown A	Yale A	10	0	0	10
Cornell-UG	Brown B	10	0	0	10
Harvard	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Lloyd George	Williams	10	0	0	10
Yale B	MIT B	10	0	0	10
Alberta	British Columbia C	10	0	0	10
Simon Fraser	British Columbia D	10	0	0	10
British Columbia A	Washington A	0	0	10	10
Washington B	British Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Northwestern C	Arizona State A	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
McGill D	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Texas A	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
Texas B	Tulsa	10	0	10	20
UCO	Iowa	10	0	10	20
UTD A	Ohio	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	UTD B	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Huntsville B	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Huntsville A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Alabama B	Sewanee A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	UAB A	10	0	10	20
Bruin A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Oxford A	Bristol A	10	0	0	10
Bristol B	City St George's A	0	0	0	0
Cambridge B	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	Durham A	10	0	0	10
Sheffield C	Durham B	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh A	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	10	0	10	20
Imperial A	LSE A	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Imperial C	10	0	0	10
Sheffield A	Manchester A	10	0	0	10
Manchester B	Cambridge D	0	0	0	0
Southampton A	Cambridge A	0	0	0	0
Warwick A	Birmingham A	10	0	0	10
Binghamton A	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Cornell-DII	Syracuse	10	0	0	10
RIT A	ESF	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Rochester	10	0	0	10