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Kelo Fallout

by John Cole|  July 7, 200510:09 am| 9 Comments

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The first of what I assume will be many bills passed the House:

Recently, the House voted to use the spending power of Congress to reign in a Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. City of New London which strips the property rights of private citizens by granting the government power to seize private homes and transfer it to a private developer.

The House measure, which passed 231-189, denies federal money to any city or state project that used eminent domain to force people to sell their property to make way for more profitable private projects.

“The threat to freedom from the Kelo decision is very real. If a hostile government decides a shopping mall would produce a more profitable tax base than your family home or the family business then the government could grab that land for use by a private developer,” says Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council.

Should be interesting to follow.

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  1. 1.

    Doug

    July 7, 2005 at 10:43 am

    Is this another expansion of the amazingly elastic Commerce Clause, or is there some other rationale for federal intervention in local government issues?

    Proponents of limited government should be against this action of the federal government just as they are against the Kelo decision. The proper remedy is for voters to vote out the individuals in their state government that passed legislation allowing this sort of thing as an economic development tool and vote out the individuals in their local government that approved this specific project. The Feds need not get involved.

  2. 2.

    Mr Furious

    July 7, 2005 at 12:04 pm

    Doug’s right. This is bullshit on top of bullshit. In theory I’d say this is good, because I disagree with the decision, but in actual effect, it does nothing in the case of New London (so far as I know), and will likely have little impact on any other project as well.

    Pure posturing by jackasses in Washington.

  3. 3.

    Kimmitt

    July 7, 2005 at 12:04 pm

    COMMERCE CLAUSE ELASTICITY VS. EMINENT DOMAIN OVERREACH: FIGHT!

  4. 4.

    Doug

    July 7, 2005 at 1:28 pm

    Eep! Makes me feel like a citizen of Tokyo when Godzilla was fighting King Kong.

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    Vlad

    July 7, 2005 at 3:55 pm

    The problem with a “throw the bastards out” response is twofold: it wouldn’t do jack against someone who’s already planning to retire, and it overlooks the fact that in some cases, the general public might be in favor of a seizure which is nonetheless still morally wrong.

    I’m 100% OK with the federal government addressing this matter.

  6. 6.

    Doug

    July 7, 2005 at 4:53 pm

    And that’s exactly how the federal government expands. There is always some bad state or local government action that shouldn’t be happening. In come the feds. But, once in, they never leave.

  7. 7.

    Vlad

    July 7, 2005 at 9:25 pm

    If a slight expansion of the federal government kept my local govenrment from stealing my house or place of business, I’d be 100% OK with that, too.

  8. 8.

    wild bird

    July 7, 2005 at 10:36 pm

    Lets order the removal of al five of the judges who voted in favor of the entimate domain we can do without these imperial judges

  9. 9.

    Randolph Fritz

    July 8, 2005 at 9:13 am

    Does the law make a distinction between homeowners and commercial property owners? If not, guess who’s going to benefit more.

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