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Posts Tagged ‘Kelo’

  • The Government as Economic Developer: A Kelo Update

    Posted March 30th, 2009 at 9:57am in First Principles 5

    On June 23, 2005, the United States Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision affirming the state of Connecticut’s right to evict U.S. citizens from their homes for purposes of “economic development.” In Kelo v. City of New London, plaintiff Suzette Kelo, who had recently bought her dream home on the bank of the Thames [...] More

  • Auto Bailout Includes Kelo-Style Unconstitutional Takings

    Posted December 10th, 2008 at 1:30pm in Enterprise and Free Markets, Rule of Law 1

    A key provision of proposed legislation to bailout  General Motors and Chrysler, which say they are on the brink of insolvency, may be an unconstitutional taking of private property. The Takings Clause of the Constitution has been the subject of considerable public interest since the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision involving the taking of a private [...] More