Today’s eminent domain article
Courtesy of the WashingtonPost.com - To call it a backlash would hardly do it justice. Calling it an unprecedented uprising to nullify a decision by the highest court in the land would be more accurate. In the four weeks since the Supreme Court sanctioned the…
“Discount” brokerages taking hits
Earlier this year, a knockout looked possible for discount REALTORS® everywhere once the Justice Department joined in the fight against the National Association of REALTORS®. But the WSJ's James R. Hagerty says the discounters' noses are bloodied by recent minimum service legislation sweeping the nation…
Eminent Domain being reheard?
The Connecticut homeowners who lost the landmark Supreme Court eminent domain decision filed a petition yesterday for a rehearing. The families want the high court to reconsider the 5-4 ruling they say already has "opened up the floodgates to eminent domain abuse." ... Already, according…
Eminent Domain article
The Roanoke Times ran an article yesterday interviewing members of the Virginia Property Rights Coalition about eminent domain in Virginia. The article provides some interesting insight into how eminent domain is often used not as the actual means to acquire property, but to intimidate the…
Fluvanna and eminent domain
It would be nice to see other local governments do something like this. Alarmed over a decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court last month in Kelo v. New London, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution at its Wednesday, July…
Albemarle redistricting moving forward
School districts are one of the most important aspects of a homes' value, both to those who currently live there as well as prospective purchasers. This value cannot be quantified solely by a monetary number; the intrinsic value cannot be underestimated. With that, we note…
Eminent Domain editorial
In 1954 the Supreme Court declared in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. But that same year it also ruled in Berman v. Parker that government's power of eminent domain could be used to seize property in order…
Eminent Domain
It takes a powerful political issue to pull Reps. Tom DeLay and Maxine Waters onto the same side. In ruling that governments may force homeowners to sell their property for private development, the Supreme Court has created one. From the Realestatejournal. This is good news;…
New eminent domain blog
This site has been set up by Arin Sime , among others I am sure. They also have a blog to complement their efforts.