Not for Sale : Kelo V. New London and the Modern Debate over Eminent Domain, ...

by Francine Sanders Romero

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Not for Sale : Kelo V. New London and the Modern Debate over Eminent Domain, Hardcover by Romero, Francine Sanders, ISBN 070064153X, ISBN-13 9780700641536, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The dramatic story of how a small neighborhood in Connecticut became the site and symbol of a political conflict over the use of eminent domain, mobilizing a national property rights movement. In 2000, Susette Kelo and other residents of the Fort Trumbull neighborhood sued the city of New London, Connecticut. Two years earlier, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had built a facility adjacent to this area. Shortly thereafter, the city empowered the privately owned New London Development Corporation to use the power of eminent domain to implement a “comprehensive redevelopment plan” for the neighborhood. While the plaintiffs argued that economic development did not qualify as a valid “public use” under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Supreme Court decided in a controversial 2005 decision that the potential economic benefits of the plan justified the condemnation of private property as long as appropriate compensation was paid. The Kelo decision implied that any town could transfer property to private developers on the grounds of possible future tax revenue and job creation, so long as that action was included in an economic development plan. The outrage over the decision unleashed a near-unanimous backlash, even resulting in an executive order from President George W. Bush i

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Year: 2026
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780700641536
• Condition: Fine

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