Texas Public Use Doctrine’s Fate Will Be Settled in the Courts

Opinion: Texas has seen a resurgence of advocates pushing to limit the public use doctrine to constraints that, if adopted ...

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

NA The Supreme Court's controversial 5-4 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London (2005), held that private "economic development ...
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My Forthcoming Article on " Public Use, Exclusionary Zoning, and Democracy"

It is part of the Yale Journal on Regulation Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London. Part I highlights the strikingly similar history of the two issues. In both cases, there ...