Date: November 22nd, 2005

8 simple rules for taking my urban property: Part 2

22 November, 2005 (11:36) | Eminent domain, Government, Housing, Legislation and policy, Multipart posts, Tenure, Theory, US News, Zoning and land use |

[Continued from Part 1]
 
Kelo came about as a result of a brilliantly orchestrated multi-year strategy by a small advocacy group, the Institute For Justice.  For fifteen years they’ve worked on takings matters, first in regulatory takings — First English, Nollan, Palazzolo, and Tahoe-Sierra – with efforts that have largely failed.
 
They’ve cherry-picked plaintiffs with great […]