Rep. Smith amends bill to expedite the removal of unauthorized persons on private property.
Lawmakers file legislation that would protect the rights of private property owners.
They already own it. That's the environmental regulatory culture. That's how bureaucratic agents think.
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...
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 738: Civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement agencies to take property from people suspected of illegal activity, even if they never face criminal charges. The process is open to abuse. Darpana Sheth, senior attorney with the Institute for Justice, explains why civil asset forfeiture can create problems. Sheth also...
Darpana Sheth, senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, discusses problems associated with civil asset forfeiture. Sheth offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
Kelo v. New London, a recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case, affirmed that the seizure of private property by the government in the name of economic development is consistent with the “Public Use Clause” of the Fifth Amendment. By acting under this Court sanctioned justification, we are destroying the foundation, not only on which the Constitution was founded, but on which our success as a Nation is built.
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