Reason

More Historical Evidence Showing that the Public Use Clause of the Fifth Amendment Does Not Allow Takings that Transfer Property to Private Parties

The Supreme Court's controversial 5-4 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London (2005), held that private "economic development" is enough to satisfy the Fifth Amendment requirement that the government can ...
Reason

Update on Potential Condemnation of New Jersey Church to Build a Park and Pickleball Courts

After a public outcry, the scheduled vote on the plan to use eminent domain has been postponed indefinitely. If the Town of Toms River does try to condemn the church, there is likely to be a major ...
Law

N.J. Court Rejects 'Manifest Abuse of the Eminent Domain Power'

Atlantic City Project In Birnbaum, Judge Julio L. Mendez of the Superior Court of New Jersey denied the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA)—a public corporate body of the State of New ...