Kelo Wrap-up

Today is the one-year anniversary of Kelo v. New London, the case in which the Supreme Court drastically curtailed private property rights.

Homeowners and small business owners are sending a letter to the Senate asking that HR 4128, the Private Property Rights Protection Act, be moved out of committee.

The Boston Globe reports that the two remaining homeowners in Fort Trumble, CA, have reached a provisional agreement with the development agency that wants their homes.

The Institute for Justice notes Kelo's perverse effect: by opening the floodgates for developers to capture land, the ruling also galvanized efforts for reform.

Investor's Business Daily reports that eminent domain is now supplanting the very nature of competitive market forces in one town in California.

The Castle Coalition details the "myths and realities" of eminent-domain abuse in the United States.

Radley Balko argues that the idea of a man's home as a refuge, already the victim of the Kelo ruling, is now even more compromised by the recently decided case, Hudson v. Michigan.