Such a burden, they say, smacks into the Fifth Amendment's safeguards against government seizure of private property without just compensation.

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Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

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Just as those who practice medicine without background should provide compensation for the damage they have done, the same goes for those who issue fatwas without being qualified to do so.

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Under its proposals, workers who are dismissed without just cause - a definition open to interpretation - would get two years' salary compensation but not their job back.

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