Baltimore's Long History of Failed Development and Urban Renewal
Police abuse might have lit the fuse, but decades of awful top-down planning helped create the explosion.
Eminent Domain
Do We Really Want A Passive Judiciary? No.
The Constitution promises uncompromising protection of liberty.
How the Government Steals from Citizens
From civil asset forfeiture to eminent domain, the government covets your cash and property.
Friday A/V Club: That Time Jane Jacobs and Marshall McLuhan Made a Movie Together
Killing the Spadina Expressway
Brazil Prepares for World Cup by Seizing Homes, Chasing Vendors Away; Protesters Respond With a World Cup of Their Own
An alt-World Cup in the favelas.
Atlantic City Wants to Bulldoze a Home to Benefit a Casino
Eminent domain abuse returns to the Atlantic City boardwalk.
Keystone XL Pipeline Likely Done for the Year
Possibly finished until the end of Obama's term
Keystone Pipeline Thwarted by Individual Property Rights, For Now
Rights not convenient for state power
When Eminent Domain Is Just Theft
Government bodies often will take private property for genuinely public uses, and then try to stiff the owners.
Chris Christie Pledges to "Take a Close Look At" Bill Giving Eminent Domain Powers to Universities, Forgetting That He Already Signed It
The further adventures of the New Jersey governor.
Appeals Court Prohibits North Kansas City From Seizing Burger King Via Eminent Domain
Can't have it their way
Eminent Domain Approved to Seize Land for Calif. Bullet Train
Even though they don't have money to build it yet
ACLU Sues Over Federal Housing Finance Agency's Opposition Using Eminent Domain to Seize Underwater Mortgages, Demands Details of Relationships with Banks Disclosed
Irvington, NJ trying to be second city in the nation to use the tactic
Residents Win Eminent Domain Fight in Centralia, Pa.
May remain in their homes in town abandoned due to decades-old coal fire
Californians Furious as Bullet Train Work Begins
As costs escalate, property owners have been kept in limbo about the fate of their land
Eminent Domain Abuse is Making a Comeback
As the economy recovers, a rise in eminent domain to favor connected players looms, despite so-called reforms
Orlando to Use Eminent Domain to Seize Land Needed for Soccer Stadium
City council voted to take the land if owners didn't want to sell
Richmond, CA, Plans To Seize Underwater Mortgages
Bold move to put the city itself underwater
California Proposes Crony Capitalism to Fix Housing Crisis
Government officials want to use eminent domain to acquire mortgages.
Man Sues North Las Vegas over Eminent Domain House-Flipping Plan
Will snatch up houses with underwater mortgages and try to resell them
