Ancestors

Written by William Canna-bass on 2024-12-26 at 15:59

Updates from @InstituteforJustice

Wilmington DE can no longer impound and scrap citizen's cars for unpaid parking tickets, a clear violation of the Takings clause of the #5thAmendment

https://ij.org/press-release/lawsuit-against-wilmingtons-predatory-impound-practices-ends-after-city-makes-reforms/

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Written by William Canna-bass on 2024-12-26 at 16:02

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City forced to issue permit for braiding/hair salon in Atlanta due to precedent by IJ.

https://ij.org/press-release/judge-orders-city-of-south-fulton-to-let-braiding-shop-open/

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Written by William Canna-bass on 2024-12-26 at 16:50

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And finally, not a success yet, but an effort to overturn Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) which deals with #EminentDomain

https://ij.org/press-release/new-petition-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-infamous-kelo-eminent-domain-decision/

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Written by William Canna-bass on 2024-12-26 at 17:53

@InstituteforJustice I feel like the Kelo defendants need to sue the state again as their property was taken for a non-public use, and is an empty lot. Like it is one thing to say that the seizure will increase tax revenue, it is quite another for the development to fall through and not generate any jobs/taxes for the state.

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Written by William Canna-bass on 2024-12-26 at 20:50

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"in Kelo, the 5-4 majority held that creating jobs and increasing tax revenue was a “public use.”

However, I fail to see how a parking lot would "create jobs" or "increase tax revenue" especially when there is already abundant parking in the area.

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