Supreme Court Continues to Avoid Eminent Domain Cases Post Kelo
“On Monday, the Supreme Court had a prime opportunity to give additional force to Kennedy’s words and instead declined to review a glaring case of eminent domain abuse from Guam. At issue in Ilagan v….
Govt. overreaching on eminent domain, free speech
“But Old Dominion University is nearby and covetous. It wants the land on which Central Radio sits, and through ODU’s Real Estate Foundation is well along toward seizing it by inciting the city government to…
Using Eminent Domain to Personally Benefit the Mayor Is Unconstitutional
“The Guam trial court held the taking unconstitutional, but Guam’s Supreme Court reversed the holding by purportedly applying Kelo’s standard of judicial deference. Mr. Ilagan is now petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review his…
Supreme Court asked to revisit eminent domain abuse
“Yesterday a broad coalition of civil rights and public policy groups, including the Becket Fund, the CATO Institute, and others joined together in an amicus brief to ask the Supreme Court to take up a…
Opponents of Virginia’s Eminent Domain Initiative Made the Best Case for It
Like many other state legislatures horrified by the Supreme Court’s infamous Kelo ruling in 2005, Virginia’s General Assembly passed a measure restricting government’s taking of private property for economic-development purposes. The amendment was designed to…
The Empire State Strikes Back: Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Abuse in New York
Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, opened last month. Developer Bruce Ratner, who built the stadium and promises to erect affordable housing nearby, relied on eminent domain to acquire and raze 53 private properties….
Property rights issue will be on ballot
Property rights have been under assault since the Supreme Court’s infamous 2005 ruling Kelo v. New London. In Kelo, the Supreme Court held that a local government could use eminent domain to take private property…
Kelo-style Eminent Domain Abuse Lives on in Denver
“Essentially, the existence of a few rundown but perfectly serviceable properties that are not generating code violations triggers eminent domain for an entire neighborhood. According to the blight study, the situation in Five Points is…
What is Eminent Domain?
“Since the 2005 Kelo v New London ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court the use of eminent domain to transfer property from one private owner to another private owner has increased dramatically. The controversial Kelo…