All Posts Tagged With: "eminent domain"
Mr. Obama, Tear Down This Wall!
All of us should worry, if not panic, when we remember that the walls keeping others out also keep us in.
21May2009 | Becky Akers | 60 comments | ContinuedSupreme Neglect: How to Revive Constitutional Protection for Private Property
The framers of the Constitution were acutely aware that politics—even in the highly limited democracy they envisioned—could be dangerous to private property. For that reason they added the “takings” clause to the Fifth Amendment: “Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” Unfortunately, like so much other constitutional language intended to [...]
2Apr2009 | George C. Leef | 1 comment | ContinuedBook Reviews – October 2008
Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism
by Jörg Guido Hülsmann
Ludwig von Mises Institute • 2007 • 1143 pages • $50.00
Reviewed by Bettina Bien Greaves
Biographer Guido Hülsmann has written a magnificent book, describing in detail not only the life of Ludwig von Mises, but also his writings, his intellectual development, and his importance. Hülsmann studied all Mises’s [...]
Book Reviews – June 2008
David’s Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary
by Clint Bolick
Cato Institute • 2007 • 177 pages • $11.95 paperback
Reviewed by George C. Leef
In recent years “judicial activism” has been assailed from both ends of the political spectrum. Conservatives complain about “liberal” activism when courts strike down laws they favor, and “liberals” complain about conservative activism [...]
Downtown Revitalization: City Governments Versus Consumers
What a thrill to visit cities that have “revitalized” their downtown areas! From the empty streets to the government offices to the abandoned retail spaces—what’s not to like?
Well, everything, of course.
Not only are such areas unsightly and useless, they often come at the expense of millions of taxpayer dollars and eminent-domain coercion.
There’s nothing wrong with [...]
Scratching By: How Government Creates Poverty as We Know It
The experience of oppressed people is that the living of one’s life is confined and shaped by forces and barriers which are not accidental or occasional and hence avoidable, but are systematically related to each other in such a way as to catch one between and among them and restrict or penalize motion in any [...]
1Dec2007 | Charles Johnson | 6 comments | ContinuedExtortion in Port Chester
The least appreciated form of tyranny in the United States goes by the names “redevelopment” and “government-business partnership.” While everyone knows about the threat of development-oriented eminent domain, thanks to the 2005 Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London, local tyranny goes much deeper than the “mere” taking of property in order to give [...]
1Mar2007 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Economics of Property Rights
Andrew Morriss is the inaugural H. Ross and Helen Workman Professor of Law and Professor of Business at the University of Illinois and a senior fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center. This is the second of three articles on property in America.
Property rights play a critical role in a wide range of economic [...]
More Eminent-Domain Bullying
The bare facts of the case are these. The N. K. Hurst Co. is a producer and national distributor of specialized dried-bean and related products. Begun 68 years ago, the family-owned business has operated successfully at its present location near downtown Indianapolis for 59 years. It employs approximately 50 people in a building on 4.2 [...]
1Nov2006 | Fredrick K. McCarthy | 0 comments | ContinuedGovernment Putts
Mark Twain once said that the game of golf was nothing more than “a good walk spoiled.” But to avid golfers, such impertinence obscures a cardinal truth: The sport is infinitely complex and not for everybody.
Golf requires patience, concentration, and forbearance. Distractions must be ignored or compensated for by careful planning. A serious player must [...]
Central Planning Comes to Main Street
Steven Greenhut (sgreenhut@ocregister.com) is senior editorial writer and columnist at the Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif. He is author of Abuse of Power: How the Government Misuses Eminent Domain.
A casual reader could be forgiven for skimming through a front-page Los Angeles Times article from February 12 and thinking that the story was just [...]
The Dark Secrets of Rail Trails
Kirk Teska is a freelance writer, patent attorney, and adjunct professor of law.
Linda Rowley lives in rural western Massachusetts on her family’s homestead in a house built in the 1750s. She remembers trains running through the property when it belonged to her great-grandparents. But long before she took possession, the tracks were removed. Nevertheless, she [...]
Taking Liberties . . . and Properties
It’s happened again. A local government is condemning a group of homes so the land can be turned over to the developer of a shopping center. Why? The shopping center will rake in more tax revenue than the homes do.
The use of eminent domain to raise money for government is catching on. We’ve seen it [...]
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The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy–If We Let it Happen
By Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Peter J. Tanous
