Property Rights

Politics

The Cure for Humanity's Natural State of Abject Poverty

A review of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.

Ronald Bailey | 4.10.2012 5:15 PM

Politics

How Gauche: American Yokels Actually Obey Their Own Laws

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.7.2012 1:55 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against EPA "Strong-Arming of Regulated Parties"

Damon Root | 3.21.2012 11:09 AM

Politics

How Strong Is the Legal Case Against Rent Control?

Damon Root | 3.20.2012 1:58 PM

Politics

California Kills Redevelopment

Gov. Jerry Brown's winning campaign against blight hustlers

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.20.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

The American Prospect on the Kelo Debacle: "It's almost a textbook case of federalism at its best"

Damon Root | 3.15.2012 2:30 PM

Politics

The Case Against Rent Control

An Upper West Side landlord challenges a New York City institution

Damon Root | 3.13.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Reason.tv: Sackett v. EPA - How One Couple's Battle Against the Feds Might Protect Your Land

Zach Weissmueller | 3.7.2012 12:25 PM

Politics

NYC Rent Control in Action: Cheap City Apartment, Second Home Near the Long Island Shore

Damon Root | 3.5.2012 3:14 PM

Politics

Rep. John Conyers Turns a Blind Eye to Eminent Domain Abuse

Damon Root | 2.29.2012 5:27 PM

Politics

How Do You Feel About Bans on Private Discrimination Now?

Jacob Sullum | 2.22.2012 11:16 AM

Politics

George Will on the Unconstitutionality of Rent Control

Damon Root | 2.16.2012 10:04 AM

Politics

The Well-Deserved Death of California's Redevelopment Scam

A big win for property rights in the Golden State.

Steven Greenhut | 2.6.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Plaid Revolution: Citizens Celebrate Death of Redevelopment

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.1.2012 9:22 PM

Politics

3 Supreme Court Decisions to Watch

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 1.25.2012 12:19 PM

Politics

The Upside of the Keystone Cancellation

Jesse Walker | 1.19.2012 9:18 AM

Politics

Will The Supreme Court End New York's Rent Control Laws?

Joshua Swain | 1.18.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Can 'Scarcity' Justify the FCC's TV Censorship?

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2012 3:33 PM

Politics

The EPA Had a Bad Day at the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 1.10.2012 4:37 PM

Politics

A Victory for Property Rights in California

The California Supreme Court stands up against government abuse.

Steven Greenhut | 1.9.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Do Libertarians Care More about States' Rights or State Abuses of Power?

Damon Root | 1.9.2012 9:58 AM

Politics

"A serious constitutional challenge to rent-control and stabilization laws may finally be in the works."

Damon Root | 1.4.2012 3:49 PM

Politics

Obama Ranks Third in ACLU Grades for Presidential Candidates

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2012 9:22 PM

Politics

California Supreme Court Strikes Back Against Redevelopment Thugs (Updated With Sputtering, Fulminating and Slow Burns)

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.29.2011 11:30 PM

Politics

How to Save a Treehouse from a Zoning Board

Joshua Swain | 12.22.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

Will the Supreme Court Consider the Constitutionality of Rent Control?

Damon Root | 12.20.2011 4:52 PM

Politics

The EPA vs. the Constitution

The Supreme Court prepares to hear a major Fifth Amendment case.

Damon Root | 12.15.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Developer Who Sued Author for Criticizing Eminent Domain Abuse Drops His Case

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2011 4:54 PM

Politics

Property-Is-Theft Movement's Property Destroyed

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.5.2011 7:38 PM

Politics

Locals Drive Out Neighborhood Nuisance; "System" Gets Credit

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.5.2011 3:30 PM

Politics

Eminent Domain Reform Is a Bipartisan Opportunity

Eminent domain laws are bad for property rights and social justice alike

A. Barton Hinkle | 11.25.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

"Bruce Ratner's latest useful idiots have no one to blame but themselves."

Damon Root | 11.23.2011 4:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Battle for Brooklyn Shortlisted for an Oscar

Damon Root | 11.21.2011 3:04 PM

Politics

John Paul Stevens: Kelo Was No Big Deal

Damon Root | 11.14.2011 1:28 PM

Politics

Corporate Welfare and the California GOP

How Golden State Republicans undermine property rights and support eminent domain abuse

Steven Greenhut | 11.14.2011 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Eminent Domain Reform at the Mississippi Ballot Box

Damon Root | 11.8.2011 11:02 AM

Politics

Justice Antonin Scalia: "I do not think that the Kelo opinion is long for this world."

Damon Root | 10.20.2011 2:14 PM

Politics

'Welcome to the Upside-Down World of Civil Forfeiture'

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2011 4:22 PM

Politics

The Great Basketball Swindle

A riveting new documentary takes on New York's shameful eminent domain abuse.

Damon Root | 9.23.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Assessing the Kelo Apology

Damon Root | 9.20.2011 3:55 PM

Politics

Connecticut Supreme Court Justice to Susette Kelo: "I'm Sorry"

Damon Root | 9.19.2011 1:29 PM

Politics

Property Rights, the Clean Water Act, and the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 9.6.2011 5:54 PM

Civil Liberties

How Eminent Domain Transformed a Nice Neighborhood into a Dump

Damon Root | 9.1.2011 5:48 PM