Taking Controversial Statues by Eminent Domain.

Eminent domain was proposed by a city in Arkansas to remove a confederate statue from private property.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s office is proposing eminent domain to remove a Robert E Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia.

Eminent domain is mentioned as a way to preserve a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt that was removed from outside the Natural History Museum.

New York Sun | ‘Theodore! With all thy faults —’

Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Hot Springs given 2 options to move Rebel statue

Washington Post | Northam’s case for removing Lee statue was devised by a lawyer descended from slaves