Submit your responses to the following Research & Writing Assignment questions as a Word document no later than the end of the day on Saturday. Your answers should be written in the third person. Make assertions, supported by sound legal and other relevant evidence which is properly cited, in logical and organized responses which directly and fully answer each question presented. Evaluation will be based upon the accuracy and quality of content (40%), organization and reasoning (20%), and comprehensiveness (20%) of your responses, as well as the quality of your writing. Writing quality includes spelling, grammar, punctuation, and word choice. Writing quality will comprise 20% of the evaluation of your responses. (50 pts. Total, Questions weighted equally) 1. Why was the Takings clause included in the Fifth Amendment? What dangers were the framers concerned about? 2. If the government takes lands or buildings, the Fifth Amendment requires the government to pay for it. Find two US Supreme Court decisions which hold that the government can also "take" property through regulations which seriously reduce its value and summarize the facts, decisions, and rationales for those cases. 3. The Kelo case stretched the meaning of the phrase "public use" in the takings clause. Summarize the facts, decision and rationale underlying this decision. What are the possible dangers of this broad definition of "public use"? INDEPTH 3 PARAGRAHS WITHHEADERS