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Post-Kelo Reform

Kelo House—Frontal view—same as cover of LPH

Kelo

My New Video on Kelo v. City of New London

The video is part of the Federalist Society's series on important Supreme Court decisions.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.6.2023 3:44 PM

Penn Station

Property Rights

New York's Ultra-Broad Definition of "Blight" Continues to Enable Eminent Domain Abuse

In this case, it enables the state to declare the area around Penn Station in New York City "blighted" and thereby authorize the use of eminent domain to take property for transfer to private interests.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.30.2022 12:18 AM

Referendum

Elections

Libertarians Should Make More Use of Referendums

Libertarianism is far from wildly popular, overall. But libertarian causes have done well in referenda in recent years. We can build on that.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.11.2020 4:33 PM

Kelo House—Frontal view—same as cover of LPH

Volokh Conspiracy

The 15th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London

Today is the anniversary of one of the most controversial - and most unpopular - property rights decisions in the history of the Supreme Court.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.23.2020 10:30 AM

Kelo House—Frontal view—same as cover of LPH | Institute for Justice

Volokh Conspiracy

Will Connecticut Finally Enact Meaningful Eminent Domain Reform?

Fourteen years after the notorious Kelo case, the state where the case originated still has one of the nation's weakest eminent domain reform laws. A bill currently before the state legislature could change that.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.23.2019 11:34 PM

kelo_1161x653 | Institute for Justice

Eminent Domain

Will Connecticut—Home of the Kelo Supreme Court Case—Finally End Eminent Domain Abuse?

A bill in the state legislature would stop cities from seizing property and handing it over to developers.

Scott Shackford | 4.23.2019 3:15 PM

Property Rights

New Jersey Court Strikes Down Use of Eminent Domain to Take Property to "Bank" it for Possible Future Use

The court concluded that property may only be condemned for projects that will proceed in "the reasonably foreseeable future."

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.16.2019 12:51 PM

Property Rights

GM Will Shut Down Factory Built on Land Seized in Controversial 1981 Poletown Taking

The factory stands on land seized in a taking that forcibly displaced over 4000 people, and attracted widespread widespread opposition. The lessons and legacy of the Poletown case remain relevant today.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.27.2018 3:04 PM

Large image for longform feature pages. | Jon Horvath

Wisconsin

Has America's Obsession With Manufacturing Jobs Gone Too Far?

A Wisconsin town is spending billions, seizing homes, and breaking state law to lure a Taiwanese company.

Zach Weissmueller | 11.1.2018 12:00 PM

Property Rights

Houses Passes Private Property Rights Protection Act—But Celebration is Premature

The eminent domain reform bill is the same legislation that has passed the House three previous times since 2005. Each time, it died in the Senate without ever coming to a vote.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.26.2018 4:32 PM

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