Kelo v. City of New London is one of the worst modern U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The 2005 high court case may not mean a lot to non-lawyers or to those not in a public policy field, but the 5-4 decision allowed for private property to be seized and transferred to another private party in...
A group of House Republicans got an early start to the new General Assembly session by re-introducing a bill Wednesday to propose a state constitutional amendment restricting eminent domain. House Bill 3 was filed early on the legislature’s opening day. Bill sponsors include Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, and Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson. The bill would...
A frequent argument used against reforming eminent domain in North Carolina, that economic development would suffer, is not supported by the empirical evidence.
State House members continue to push for a constitutional amendment to protect private landowners’ from eminent domain seizures for economic development projects. Similar measures introduced as far back as 2006 have died in the Senate. Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, on Thursday ushered House Bill 3 through a floor vote, 104-9, and got the three-fifths supermajority...
RALEIGH — Last year’s landmark Kelo decision by the U.S. Supreme Court opened people’s eyes about government taking property for economic development. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report shows many other ways that state and local governments can prey on private property.
