It wasn't a great Supreme Court term for property rights advocates. In March, the Supreme Court refused to hear Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, which I and many others thought would have been a great opportunity to overturn or at least limit Kelo v. City of New London. On June 30, the Court similarly denied cert in GHP Management Corp. v. Los Angeles, a Ninth Circuit case that would have been a great opportunity to address the issue of whether eviction moratoria qualify as takings - and rule that they do!
But Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a strong dissent to the denial, joined by Justice Gorsuch. Here is an excerpt:
