Supreme Court Deals Blow to Property Rights

Reason ^ | 6/23/17 | Eric Boehm

[Sopater]

Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Sonia Sotomayor joined Kennedy in the majority opinion, while conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito joined Chief Justice John Roberts' dissent. The Supreme Court's newest member, Justice Neil Gorsuch, did not participate in the case.

Even if Gorsuch had been there, it couldn't have changed anything.

This is a disappointing day for those of us who cherish liberty.

[RummyChick]

Please, Kennedy..retire

[rey]

“The Noblest Triumph” is a great book on property rights and how all other rights and prosperity hinge on property rights:

https://www.amazon.com/Noblest-Triumph-Property-Prosperity-Through/dp/0312223374

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Why not join the two parcels and have it valuated (with improvements) as a single lot?

[txrefugee]

Kennedy and Ginsberg will be retired by God’s will soon. Justice will have to wait for that good day.

[jonno]

Comrade, why do you resist? All your property belong to the state.

(and yes, Please retire comrade Kennedy)

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. What a travesty of justice.

Nice to see Roberts pulled his head out on this one. I guess the full house on the other side did give him a chance to seem reasoned though.

[SoFloFreeper]

Bigly.

Pray for a true change on SCOTUS. This disaster goes along with the New London decision as a travesty for private property rights.

Think, though, if DJT can appoint and replace just TWO of these foul liberals...Breyer and Ginsburg especially... today’s unconstitutional wind can be reversed.

[colorado tanker]

So disappointed in Kennedy. He usually takes the libertarian view, but went with Big Brother today.

[yoe]

"But the vague nature of the test established by the Court makes it very hard to figure out exactly when that might happen."(emphasis mine).....or if ever.

[chaosagent]

Because the idea was to sell the undeveloped lot to fix up the other lot, not sell both of them.

[KyCats]

I loathe leftists.

[djpg]

I don’t trust any branch of government any more.

[BenLurkin]

“The property was appraised at $400,000 before the Murrs tried to sell it.”

How could that be when the regulatory taking occurred in the 1980s? Did their appraiser not know about it?

[SharpRightTurn]

“Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Sonia Sotomayor joined Kennedy”

The usual suspects.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Well, well, well. What a surprise out of John “Obamacare” Roberts.

[rightwingcrazy]

“Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Sonia Sotomayor joined Kennedy in the majority opinion”

All the usual suspects.

[SandRat]

not hug, rode out of Town on a fresh split, wooden splintery wooden rail.Dang! Those splinters get in the darnedest places,

[arrogantsob]

There is your problem - what valuation of land or even a house is valid? Better not sell it to the county it might create a tent city for Somalian refugees on it.