Constitution USA with Peter Sagal Eminent Domain Case: How Can You Take My House
“What right does the government have to take property away from citizens?” watch the video PBS 7 May 2013.
Testimony for Private Property Rights Protection Act
Testimony provided to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitutional & Civil Justice Hearing. read Susette Kelo’s testimony 18 April 2013
Testimony of Scott Bullock at the Hearing of Private Property Rights Protection Act 2013
“The Private Property Rights Protection Act is common sense legislation that will stop the federal government from being complicit in the abuse of power already deemed intolerable by most states. After the Supreme Court actually…
Apartment project at Fort Trumbull: Will it happen?
“Careful readers might remember Mayor Finizio’s apology for the eminent domain sins of the New London Development Corp., which he issued in February 2012, back when he announced a name change and new management for…
What Eminent Domain Abuse Gets You
“Well for those who were upset at the Supreme Courts’ decision here is the sequence of events that unfolded in the aftermath of their ruling. President Bush in 2006 signed an executive order stating that…
Decade since eminent domain battle
It’s been more than a decade since a brutal battle over eminent domain in New London. The city won and ripped down 90 acres worth of homes. It’s now 12 years later and nothing has…
Kelo: Five Years Later
In the merely five years since that infamous ruling, the vast majority of state legislatures, many state supreme courts and the public itself have acted to limit Kelo, which took away the homes of seven…
Pfizer and 1,400 Jobs to Leave New London, Connecticut
‘Pfizer and 1,400 Jobs to Leave New London, Connecticut‘ McGeehan, Patrick. New York Times 12 November 2009. “Pfizer, the giant drug company,announced it would leave the city just eight years after its arrival led to a…