Kelo

Kelo Postmortem

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Land Report Editors

A decade has passed since the Rehnquist Court’s “intellectually unsound” decision in Kelo v. City of New London. On June 23, 2005, a team of attorneys for the Institute for Justice (IJ), a nonprofit libertarian public interest law firm, was…

Sonia Sotomayor & Property Rights

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

The current issue of The Land Report takes an in-depth look at Obama Administration and the American Landowner. Since that issue came off the press, the President has already been faced with a crucial task: nominating a replacement for Supreme…

Kelo Rears Its Greedy Head in Houston

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

For landowners, their is no more controversial case than the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Kelo v. City of New London permitting the use of eminent domain to transfer private property from one owner to another under the guise of furthering economic development. In response…