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Landslide ballot wins for property rights in 10 states.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 ruling to throw Suzette Kelo out of her home in favor of a private developer (Kelo v. New London) provoked outrage nationwide and launched a national reform effort that has resulted in over 30 states enacting laws and/or constitutional amendments to prevent the eminent-domain abuses symbolized by Kelo.
On November 7, voters in Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and South Carolina overwhelmingly approved constitutional amendments prohibiting the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private party to another for economic development purposes. In Oregon and Arizona voters passed, by two-thirds majorities, "Kelo-Plus" statutes that both restricted eminent domain for private use as well as "regulatory takings," environmental and zoning regulations that diminish property use and value without ...
- Kelo and its discontents: the worst (or best?) thing to happen to property...
- Magazine article from: Independent Review Lopez, Edward J. Totah Sasha M. January 1, 2007 700+ words
...decision in the property-rights case Kelo v. City of New London ignited more controversy...government and every ideological quarter as did Kelo's apparent green fight to a Connecticut...House of Representatives condemned the Kelo decision. Libertarians and property advocates...
- Property wrongs: in Kelo's wake, a raft of anti-regulatory initiatives from the...
- Magazine article from: The American Prospect Bradley, Jennifer January 1, 2006 700+ words
...called New London. On its face, the case, Kelo v. New London, which was decided earlier...showplaces using the power of eminent domain. Kelo held that local governments looking for...June 2005 ruling, it seems clear that Kelo was a pyrrhic victory--for cities desperately...
- The Kelo calamity.(COMMENTARY)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 7, 2005 700+ words
...WASHINGTON TIMES The Supreme Court's Kelo 5-4 decision leaves compensation the...to higher use in terms of tax revenues. Kelo's effect is not generally recognized...property is taken. He also argues the Kelo decision has already produced its own blowback...
- Blight elimination takings as eminent domain abuse: the great lakes states in...
- Magazine article from: Ave Maria Law Review Pepper, Trent L. January 1, 2007 700+ words
...the body politic to the Supreme Court's Kelo v. City of New London (1) decision reflected...disagree[ment] with the majority opinion in Kelo" and "reserv[ing to Congress] the...local government in light of the ruling in Kelo." (2) Opposition to eminent domain...
- The limits of anti-Kelo legislation: reformers are trying to outlaw eminent...
- Magazine article from: Reason Somin, Ilya August 1, 2007 700+ words
IN Kelo v. City of Nero London (2005), the U...been vastly expanded by previous decisions, Kelo drove the change home to the general public...showed that 81 percent of Americans opposed Kelo, a backlash that cut across traditional...
- Winding toward the heart of the takings muddle: Kelo, Lingle, and public...
- Magazine article from: Fordham Urban Law Journal Baron, Jane B. March 1, 2007 700+ words
...legally speaking. One of these cases, Kelo v. City of New London, (2) has been...despite the fact that its holding, unlike Kelo's, (6) established new law in the takings area. (7) It might be thought that Kelo's relatively greater impression in the...
- The Limits of Anti-Kelo Legislation.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Reason Bullock, Scott December 1, 2007 700+ words
...changes in the law ("The Limits of And-Kelo Legislation," August/September...Supreme Court's despised decision in Kelo v. New London (2005). At that point...supreme courts have explicitly rejected Kelo, while three others have questioned the...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 25, 2008 700+ words
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