The Supreme Court on Tuesday bypassed an opportunity to revisit or limit its much-disputed 2005 ruling that upheld governmental power to use eminent domain to foster economic development. Without comment, the justices declined to hear a case from Port Chester in Westchester County, N.Y., that challenged the village’s use of eminent domain in a dispute between a property owner and a private company designated as the developer of a run-down 27-acre urban renewal area. (New York Times, Wednesday)
Legal extortion.
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Kelo v. City of New London: Do We Need Eminent Domain for Economic Growth? by George C. Leef