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No sooner had the General Assembly reconvened in session on Wednesday than the first legislative bill was filed. It involves an issue with which lawmakers are very familiar. House Bill 3 would amend…
It hasn’t gotten much press lately, but the project that spurred the City of New London, Conn., to take people’s property for the benefit of other private citizens, all to…
This interesting and concise study by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is worth a read. It does an excellent job of explaining the difference between a private and…
Paul, You’re too quick for me. I thought of blogging on the issue first though–I thought of it before you were even born. Anyway, this is a big case, even…
Ilya Somin points out an important problem with the President’s Executive Order. BTW: My post on Saturday, as I mentioned, was my initial “at first glance” reading of the Executive…
At a well-attended candidates forum, Daren Bakst spoke to the audience on Kelo and eminent domain. He provided background on the case and explained why NC law doesn’t protect us…
Joe, I always enjoy arguments in which both parties agree on every substantive point. You are correct in your assessment of government growth. I do not endorse that growth. I…
… George Will’s latest column in Newsweek should prompt more thought on the subject of eminent domain. While focusing on one egregious case in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area, Will offers…
John Hood’s column this week on the Kelo and Cuno court decisions caused me to reminisce about the 1995 Academy Awards show, and made me wonder if David Letterman might…
Great exchange of letters over at National Review Online between two friends of JLF: Scott Bullock of the Institute for Justice and Jonathan Adler of the Case Western Reserve law…
Alfred Tella, a former Georgetown University professor and von Mises student, considers the potential economic ramifications of the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision in the Washington Times today. Also, other thoughts…
JLF staffers continue to respond to the Supreme Court’s troubling 5-4 decision in Kelo vs. City of New London. The ruling, which allows local governments to seize private property for…