Although I am not apprised of the particulars of either, the proposed new power line from Gilman to Avon, and the new section ...

The expansion of U.S. Highway 83 seen as construction continues in Zapata County, TX on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer Landowners should know their rights before they ...

There’s been an uptick in eminent domain in the headlines lately. From local officials planning to seize a New Jersey church for a playground to Pope Leo XIV‘s Illinois childhood home being eyed as a ...

It is a little-known fact that, in New York, electric and gas corporations may acquire property via eminent domain if said property is necessary for its corporate purposes. Eminent domain is an ...

When the government exercises its power of eminent domain to take private property for public use, the U.S. Constitution requires it to provide “just compensation” to the property owner. But what does ...

Mayor Todd Gloria speaks to City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera and former U.S. Rep Susan A. Davis before delivering his annual State of the City speech at the Balboa Theatre in downtown on Jan. 10 ...

Eminent domain allows governments to take private property for public projects, but the process often displaces entire ...

Homes in Weehawken New Jersey have a spectacular view of the NY skyline. Residents of the Garden State have been inundated with stories lately of local government using eminent domain to seize ...

A poll commissioned by groups that oppose carbon dioxide pipelines shows that 81 percent of Iowans object to the use of eminent domain for what pollsters described as "private" purposes, including ...

"Any taking by a railroad does not warrant an automatic and conclusive finding of benefit to the public. Instead, courts must analyze any purported public benefit of the taking while considering the ...

Thanks again to Eugene for letting me blog at the VC this week about my new book—Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in ...