The Latest Breaking News from Kelo

Academics are supposed to discover nonobvious, counterintituitive truths. But, especially in recent years, much of my work involves defending positions that seem obvious to most laypeople, even though many experts deny them.

It’s every homeowner’s nightmare: losing your home not to natural disaster or foreclosure, but a tiny technicality you never saw coming. These stories aren’t about irresponsible borrowers… They’re about people blindsided by obscure laws and bureaucratic mistakes. From unpaid tax fees to lost paperwork, these homeowners lost everything, and many…

A Rhode Island town seeks to use eminent domain to block construction of a large-scale affordable housing project.

A Utica, New York, land grab offers the justices an opportunity to revisit a widely criticized precedent.

The case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit a widely reviled decision that invited such eminent domain abuses.

Rolodexes, rabbit holes, and challenge coins.

While I am eager for the Court to take another public use case, I am actually happy the justices chose to reject this one. Its unusual facts made it a poor vehicle for revisiting Kelo v. City of New London.

Progressives are trying to fix the errors of the past, but they're ignoring the best solution: More robust property rights.

Bobby Debelak, new host of this podcast, interviewed me about a variety of topics related to eminent domain and property rights.