The court so holds applying the Georgia Constitution's Due Process Clause, which the court had long interpreted as securing a right to pursue a lawful occupation.
Leading expert on political ignorance and housing comments on evidence indicating that ignorance, not self-interest, is at the root of most opposition to zoning reform.
The Tyler home equity theft case is just the tip of a much larger iceberg of property rights issues where stronger judicial protection can protect the interests of the poor and minorities, as well as promote the federalist values of localism and diversity.
Cities become affordable when they build a lot of housing, not when they subsidize it.
A Reason investigation earlier this year detailed the case of a Minnesota woman who was sentenced to 40 years on probation for a drug crime.
British immigration policy expert Sunder Katwala and I discuss the debate over UK immigration policy, which has notable similarities and differences with that in the US.
The North Carolina–based biotech startup Pairwise will begin selling genetically modified and better-tasting mustard greens.
Ellen Finnerty wanted to make and sell honey. The town of Ottawa, Kansas, says that's illegal.
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The case could have long-term implications for how broadly fair use can be applied.
The imminent expiration of a law that recriminalized drug possession triggered a bipartisan panic.
Start by looking at the government policies that have made it worse.
Proponents say that the bills would ensure the quality of fishing and hunting guides, but occupational licensing doesn't tend to work that way.
Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana have all seen dramatic improvements in reading scores by investing in "science-based" reading instruction.
The ideology champions the same tired policies that big government types predictably propose whenever they see something they don't like.
Until 2004, all foreign workers could renew their visas without leaving the United States.
Progressives like to argue that rent control policies that exempt new construction don't impact the construction of new housing.
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The Texas Senate has passed two bills legalizing building homes on smaller lots and accessory dwelling units across the state.
Americans collectively spend billions of hours each year preparing their taxes. Rather than adding a government-run website into the mix, politicians should just simplify the tax code.
Just about everybody agrees the practice is legalized theft, but cops and prosecutors oppose change.
The Department of Justice is now intervening on behalf of the Orange County, California, group's right to distribute food at its resource center in Santa Ana.
"The greatest thing that ever happened to me was to be born in a free country of modest means and to have opportunities," says the Nobel Prize–winning economist.
Is this the new normal, and will Joe Biden pay a political price for it?
The hard lesson that free markets are better than state control may have to be relearned.
Social Security will become insolvent in the early 2030s if Congress does nothing.
The legislation would give property owners "sole discretion" in deciding how many parking spaces they want to build.
A new development project may finally build new housing on on property whose condemnation for purposes of "economic development" was upheld by the Supreme Court in a controversial 2005 decision.
Its existence was revealed when Justice John Paul Stevens' papers were made public earlier this week.
There are several interesting revelations, including an unpublished dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia.
Requiring users to verify their age to use social media will degrade their privacy and cybersecurity.
The Chinese app has become a magnet for every possible cultural concern.
The author of one of the Supreme Court's most widely hated rulings left us extensive files on the case, which have just been made public. They could help shed light on key unanswered questions about.
Unliking zoning, private communities respect property rights, and do not create major barriers to people seeking to "vote with their feet" for a better community.
The article explains why libertarians should focus much more on constitutional issues arising from zoning, immigration restrictions and racial profiling.
Falling birthrates, pro-natalist policies, and the limits of population control
Each state has different cottage food laws that don’t actually protect public health and safety.
Montana's sweeping new zoning reform is both good in itself and a potential model for cross-ideological cooperation on this issue elsewhere.
A new Pew Charitable Trusts study examining jurisdictions with that reformed zoning finds far lower rent increases there than elsewhere.
Stop limiting entrepreneurs’ ability to get funding from those they know best.
Geraldine Tyler's case is not unique; home equity theft is legal in Minnesota and 11 other states.
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Other states would do well to enact similar reforms.
The plan is unlikely to work, and the government already has a sordid recent history of funneling people into tent cities anyway.
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Activists who would like to see more housing built and people who build housing for a living would seem to be natural allies. A new bill in the California Legislature is driving them apart.
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