The House approved a bill Wednesday, Feb. 27, asking voters to enshrine eminent domain restrictions in the state constitution. The measure passed easily, by a 94-21 vote.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2019 @ 7:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor McCrory's pronouncement that the proposed CSX rail hub in Selma is effectively dead is both good news and bad.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 11:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Despite being upheld by the US Supreme Court in 2005 as a legitimate exercise of eminent domain, the decision by the City of New London, CT, to take some of its citizens' homes and give the land on which they stood to a private developer was a source of widespread outrage at the time...
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday the N.C. House of Representatives approved a proposal to amend the state constitution by adding the following language: Private property shall not be taken by eminent domain except for a public use. Just compensation shall be paid and shall be determined by a jury at the request of...
Published: Sunday, February 15th, 2015 @ 5:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to protect private property from unjust government confiscation in its 2005 Kelo decision, the backlash from Americans across the political spectrum led many states to strengthen their protections against the abuse of eminent domain.
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2012 @ 5:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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