Perhaps the greatest political science lesson ever taught can be found in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that…
For readers unfamiliar with the phrase, “eminent domain” refers to the government’s power to take private property without the owner’s consent. For centuries, it was generally assumed that this power…
Introduction Eminent domain refers to the government’s power to take land from property owners without the owners’ consent. For centuries, it was generally assumed that this power could be exercised…
In a recent Legal Update, I discussed a notorious case, Kelo v. City of New London, in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of eminent domain to take working…
Damon Root writes for Reason that former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens remains unrepentant about one of his worst opinions. In 2005, Stevens, then an associate justice of…
The Castle Coalition is a national membership organization made up of homeowners and small business owners that want to protect their property from eminent domain abuse. To help its members…
With the film “Little Pink House” scheduled for an April 25 screening in Raleigh, you might be interested in George Will‘s review posted at National Review Online. Coming soon to…
Institute for Justice client, Susette Kelo, was the owner of a “little pink house” that now serves as a national symbol against eminent domain abuse that allows the government to…
George Leef’s latest Forbes column focuses on a new film that dramatizes the infamous U.S. Supreme Court case that sanctioned eminent domain abuse. The Supreme Court’s 2005 ruling in Kelo…
In a previous post I linked to a article about the time Donald Trump tried and failed to take someone’s home and use it to augment his casino operation in New…
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Kelo v. City of New London alerted the American public to the problem of well-heeled and well-connected private developers using eminent domain to take ordinary people’s homes…
Scott Bullock and Nick Sibilla of the Institute for Justice pontificate on the 10-year anniversary of the odious Kelo decision in a column for Barron’s. Ruling against Susette Kelo and…