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by Timothy Sandefur The Capitol Weekly, the newspaper for the California legislature, has this article about the eminent domain bills currently going around in Sacramento, and focusing largely on ACA 8, the alleged eminent domain reform bill that actually does virtually nothing to change the current law. Excerpt: "There is simply no justificat ...

by Timothy Sandefur The Arizona Republic has this article on Proposition 207's progress since its passage. The article is, sadly, heavily biased against property owners, claiming that the Initiative had "little to do" with eminent domain–which is obviously untrue–and that it interfers with bureaucrats' abilities to tak ...

by Timothy Sandefur Californians for Property Rights Protection appears to be a new group that stands behind real reform of eminent domain. This is going to get confusing, because there are lots of groups, both real and fake, pushing both real and fake eminent domain reform, much of it in a cynical attempt to fool … ...

by Timothy Sandefur If you're in the Auburn, California, area, you might consider helping out Earl Eisley, whose nersery is in an area threatened with eminent domain. This Monday, July 9, at 6 p.m., the City Council will be voting on whether to eliminate the use of eminent domain for private development in their expanding … ...

by Timothy Sandefur The Federalist Society's website is hosting my podcast discussing Wilkie v. Robbins. You can listen online by clicking here, or you can download it either from their site or from iTunes. If you'd rather read it, here's the text. Also, Professor Gary Lawson–whom I much admire–has a podcast of his own about ...

The American magazine has this article on progress in eminent domain reform. Excerpt: Nearly two years after Kelo came down, the reformers have much to crow about. The debate has shifted heavily in their favor; public opinion overwhelmingly supports substantial eminent domain restrictions. The laws passed thus far represent "more than I would ...

The AP has this story on the discussion this week over ACA 8, about which you can read more here. … ...

by Timothy Sandefur Inversecondemnation.com points to this very significant victory in an eminent domain case in New York. So far as I know, this is the first post-Kelo decision to be based on the idea of pretext: that is, in which the court has found that contrary to the government's claims, the taking was actually … ...

by Timothy Sandefur The (Flagstaff) Arizona Daily Sun has this article today about PLF's Proposition 207 case against the city of Flagstaff. … ...

Three excellent posts from our friends at the Volokh Conspiracy discuss the consequences of the Robbins decision. First, Ilya Somin explains that "If protecting a constitutional right really is too burdensome for the government, the proper solution is a constitutional amendment curtailing the right in question – not a judicial decision r ...