The Kelo decision is one of the great travesties of jurisprudence, along with abortion and gay marriage.
Conservatives could give leftists a major kick in the teeth by doing something at the state level.
Pass a state “homestead act”, limited to families that live on properties smaller than a given size and number of persons. That their land and their home would legally be theirs in perpetuity, could be inherited without taxation, would pay no property tax, and could not be forfeited in bankruptcy (like in Florida).
Their land would be immune to local and state eminent domain. It could not become part of a HOA. Utility companies, and trash and fire services could demand a bond for continued services, but that’s it.
I note a Pioneer-Press column about “Real ID.”
Anyone else see this today ?
I wonder how many people on FR would support the government taking their guns as long as they are justly compensated?
Private property is private property. Rights are rights. The right to own a firearm assumes the right to own private property.