Takings Clause

SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions 0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court
- April 24, 2024
Justice Barrett’s opinion contains a readable survey of the court’s convoluted “takings” law.
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Your Guide to This Year’s Constitutional Cases From SCOTUS — Part I 0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court
- July 12, 2023
The Supreme Court issued both liberal and constitutionalist decisions.
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Tyler v. Hennepin County: Why This Seemingly Innocent Decision is Disquieting 0
- CONSTITUTION, Eminent Domain, Supreme Court
- June 30, 2023
This case undermined state control over its own property law and probably gave the property owner an undeserved benefit.
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The Supreme Court’s New Decision on ‘Taking Property’0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court
- June 12, 2023
The justices unanimously ruled that keeping the entire tax-sale proceeds was unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court: property rights vs. labor unions 0
- CONSTITUTION, ObamaCare, Supreme Court
- July 4, 2021
This is a rare case in which the liberal media’s imaginary “conservative Supreme Court majority” really showed up.
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The Supreme Court Uses Magna Carta to Curb Federal Property Grabs 0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court, Uncategorized
- June 24, 2015
This article was first published at CNSNews. The Fifth Amendment provides that “private property” shall not “be taken for public use, without just compensation.” When I wrote my book, The Original Constitution, I had to address the question of whether the Fifth Amendment phrase “private property” referred only to real estate or whether it included
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