Eminent Domain to Remove Confederate Flag

Where: Virginia

What: Virginia Department of Transportation Offers to Use eminent domain to take land it needed that had a large confederate flag that is seen on the nearby highway

How: VDOT offered to remove the flag or allow the group that flies the flag to remove it. The group removed the flag.

After citizen complaints about the flag what issues did the town have with removing the confederate flag?

• The confederate flag is protected to be flown as a flag of “geopolitical entities”
• The flag is flyings on private property
• There is a 1st amendment protection to freedom of expression

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