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May 2, 2007

The Institute for Justice's Bert Gall responds to an earlier reason online piece by Ilya Somin, and explains why we should be optimistic about post-Kelo eminent domain reform.

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Guy Montag|5.2.07 @ 12:11PM|#

The Institute for Justice's Bert Gall responds to an earlier reason online piece by Ilya Somin, and explains why we should be optimistic about post-Kelo eminent domain reform.

Take a little pride in your blog would ya?

The Institute for Justice's Bert Gall responds to an earlier reason Reason online piece by Ilya Somin, and explains why we should be optimistic about post-Kelo eminent domain reform.

No.|5.2.07 @ 12:21PM|#

It's called branding, Guy.

See, for example, every previous cover over the magazine.

Guy Montag|5.2.07 @ 12:33PM|#

No,

Damn! I see what you mean!

I was remembering how they always write Latest Articles on Reason Online and, apparently, misapplying it.

|5.2.07 @ 12:50PM|#

Optimism is for losers. Embrace despair and nihilism.

Karl Hungus|5.2.07 @ 12:53PM|#

ja ja. Ich bin Nihilist.

und ich bin hier to fix Deine Kabel. Ich bin Expert.

|5.2.07 @ 1:00PM|#

VM,

Urkobold needs a blog roll. Perhaps trolls here with web sites would qualify?

|5.2.07 @ 1:07PM|#

Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.

|5.2.07 @ 1:10PM|#

Hey, Karl Hungus, it always cracked me up that Aimee Mann played the chick who cut off her toe for the faked kidnapping. What is it with Germans and Boysenberry pancakes at IHOP, anyway?

|5.2.07 @ 1:18PM|#

...it's also important that we not let pessimism cloud over the reform movement's successes.

Yeah, OK. But even under the best light it's still a (moldy) half a loaf. I want to live in a country where it's unconstitutional for the gubm'nt to authorize and assist the looting of private property.

KipEsquire|5.2.07 @ 2:50PM|#

The Institute for Justice will forevermore be known as the "guys who blew Kelo." Their brief was a disaster. They were simply out-litigated.

The moment the case was granted cert, they should have handed off to Cato -- whose brief was infinitely better and which had better more and better Supreme Court resources.

Meanwhile, I see no reason to accept Gall's IJ "lost the war but won some skirmishes" revisionist spin over Somin's analysis.

|5.2.07 @ 3:58PM|#

Kip,

Is that what this has become, a pissing contest between competing think tanks? Pathetic if it is, although as long as reform is made I don't care whether Cato or IJ has the bigger penis.

ZenMasterThis|5.3.07 @ 12:02PM|#

Unfortunately our state assemblycritters here in Kelo-land (Connecticut) have yet to even begin discussing eminent domain reform. I'm quite certain that corporate lobbyists have nothing to do with that.