When Eminent Domain Is Just Theft
Government bodies often will take private property for genuinely public uses, and then try to stiff the owners.
Government bodies often will take private property for genuinely public uses, and then try to stiff the owners.
The further adventures of the New Jersey governor.
Can't have it their way
Even though they don't have money to build it yet
Irvington, NJ trying to be second city in the nation to use the tactic
May remain in their homes in town abandoned due to decades-old coal fire
As costs escalate, property owners have been kept in limbo about the fate of their land
As the economy recovers, a rise in eminent domain to favor connected players looms, despite so-called reforms
City council voted to take the land if owners didn't want to sell
Bold move to put the city itself underwater
Government officials want to use eminent domain to acquire mortgages.
Will snatch up houses with underwater mortgages and try to resell them
A victory for the little guy and property rights
Post-Kelo law blocked the attempted theft
Obvious concerns for private property rights
That Nets money he's rapping about, the government helped with that
Eminent domain, not so reformed
Robbing Peter to give it to Paul
The justices consider an "outdated" New Deal-era farm control law.
Project would cut parcels in half, run roughshod over owners' preferences
The people who are supposed to be helped have found assistance through normal, non-crazy means
Eminent domain has become a favored tool for the project
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