RI Group Claims That RhodeMap RI Could Open Door for Eminent Domain Abuse
“Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity claims that a law from 2008 may open the door for domain abuses and property seizures by the government who would be able to construct “growth centers” just as the RhodeMap RI plan seeks to do according to a policy brief released on December 9.
The law was a response to the Kelo v. City of New London decision by the Supreme Court in 2008. The Supreme Court allowed local governments to seize property from a single private person and give it to another which prompted legislature in Rhode Island to pass the RI Home and Business Protection Act of 2008 – a law meant to limit this potential abuse in Rhode Island.”
Go Local 9 December 2014.