New London, Conn. Columnist: ‘Not a Single Thing’ Done in Almost 9 Years Since Kelo Decision ‘Is Not That Compelling’
“In a column supposedly published on Sunday but “updated” on Saturday (I’m not kidding), Collins assessed the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s odious Kelo v. New London decision in 2005 in reacting to a lengthy…
Lessons from Kelo, the Eminent Domain Case That Wiped Out a Neighborhood
“In its 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a Connecticut municipality to forcibly condemn multiple private properties in a well-tended working-class neighborhood in order to clear space…
Damon Root on Lessons from Kelo, the Eminent Domain Case That Wiped Out a Neighborhood
“The latest issue of The Weekly Standard describes the Supreme Court’s 2005 eminent domain ruling in Kelo v. City of New London as “a tragedy with all the classical Greek elements: hubris, turn of fortune,…
Supreme Court Justice Scalia Talks Eminent Domain, Internment Camps
“On the one hand, he said he has “no doubt” the court will eventually overturn a 2005 ruling that let the City of New London take Susette Kelo’s property using eminent domain and transfer it…
PROPERTIES WERE SEIZED AND A NEIGHBORHOOD RAZED IN THE NAME OF ‘ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’ THAT NEVER CAME
“”See that pole with the transformer hanging from it?” Michael Cristofaro asked me. “That was where my family’s home was.” I looked up at a line of high telephone poles marching diagonally against a blanched…
Florida Property Owner, Coy Koontz, Jr., Honored by Owners’ Counsel of America for his Stalwart Stand for Property Rights
“In 1994, Coy Koontz, Sr. initiated what has become a nearly 20-year legal battle through the Florida courts. Central in the case is the common exercise of government permitting power. Koontz, Sr. died in 2000,…
It’s Not Nice to Backhand the Supremes
“On Jan. 8, the court told TransCanada it would indeed have to answer, an indication that the court is considering hearing Crawford’s appeal on the merits. In response, the company sent Crawford a single day’s…
Supporting Individual Rights, Opposing Eminent Domain Abuse
“A recent blogpost published by Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center (with whom we sometimes work with on op-eds and briefs) criticized Cato’s involvement in Mount Holly v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action…
Profiles in Cowardice: Conservatives, Eminent Domain and Civil Rights in the Mount Holly Case
“In December, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an important case out of Mount Holly, New Jersey, that involves Fair Housing Act (FHA) claims in the context of an effort by Mount Holly Township…
The Supreme Court Just Handed Real Estate Developers a Huge Win
“The Supreme Court handed down a decision Tuesday morning that’s gotten considerably less attention than this term’s blockbuster battles over same-sex marriage and voting rights. But Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District will…