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Kelo-style eminent domain is uncommon. The idea is that the land is taken for the benefit of the public, and usually that benefit is direct, like a new highway.
by natrius 16y ago
Kelo-style eminent domain is uncommon. The idea is that the land is taken for the benefit of the public, and usually that benefit is direct, like a new highway. In Kelo, the public benefit was the jobs and tax revenue from new private development, which is why it went to the Supreme Court.
- splat 16y agoHow do you define uncommon? Here are just a few cases of Kelo-style eminent domain: http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/current/2010/04/11/from-the-editors-lost-in-manhattanville/ http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/current/2010/04/11/from-the-e... http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/13/private-developers-have-no-rig http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/13/private-developers-hav... http://boortz.com/nuze/alabaster.html http://boortz.com/nuze/alabaster.html http://www.castlecoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=261 http://www.castlecoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&... http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=961&Itemid=165 http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view... http://reason.com/archives/2003/02/01/wrecking-property-rights http://reason.com/archives/2003/02/01/wrecking-property-righ...