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PLF's Timothy Sandefur talks with Armstrong & Getty about eminent domain

August 13, 2012 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

I'll be talking with Armstrong & Getty at 8 this morning about the efforts by California local governments to use eminent domain to seize "underwater" mortgages. You can listen online here. Update: You can listen to the podcast recording here. ...

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Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

October 28, 2013 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Supporters of property rights will no doubt remember the sad saga of Kelo v. New London. caption id="attachment_25079" align="alignleft" width="218" Kelo house before eminent domain/caption In  that case, the Supreme Court permitted the city to use its eminent domain power to condemn the homes of Suzette Kelo and her neighbors to make way for a ...

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PLF asks Louisiana Supreme Court to enforce constitutional limits on the exercise of eminent domain

July 06, 2017 | By BRIAN HODGES

The government's authority to take private property without the owner's consent is a terrible and awesome power. Aware of this, the nation's founders placed two key restrictions on its exercise: that government shall not take property unless it is for a valid public use and just compensation is paid. But those limits are only as protective as th ...

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Kelo revisited

July 11, 2018 | By BRIAN HODGES

The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment promises that the government will not take private property unless it is for a valid public use and the owner is fully compensated. And yet, we all know that Kelo v. City of New London, Conn. (2005) allowed a Connecticut city to condemn a middle class neighborhood for private redevelopment in the name of " ...