Property Rights
Barring Institutional Investors From Buying Homes Won’t Make Housing More Affordable
Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Donald Trump announced today he plans to ban the purchase of single-family homes by large institutional investors. As with many Trump actions, this is not something the president actually has…
Brickbat: Cracked
The Florida Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a South Florida woman fined more than $100,000 for parking on her own driveway. Sandy Martinez racked up $250 in daily fines for nearly a year because two of her…
If you give a bear a badge, will it respect your rights?
A few years ago in Connecticut, Mark and Carol Brault complained that state officials had strapped a camera to the neck of a black bear that was known to frequent their property. They alleged that the Connecticut Department…
Yale Journal on Regulation Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London
Susette Kelo's famous "little pink house," which became a nationally known symbol of the case that bears her name. (Institute for Justice.) This year saw the twentieth anniversary of Kelo v. City of New…
Brennan Center Symposium on “2025’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases”
Today, the Brennan Center State Court Report published its symposium on "2025's Most Significant State Constitutional Cases." Contributors include Erwin Chemerinsky, Miriam Sefter, former Ohio Supreme Court…
Our Amicus Brief in the Pung v. Isabella County Home Equity Theft Takings Case
Illustration: Lex Villena; Oblachko Today, I submitted an amicus brief in Pung v. Isabella County, the "home equity theft" takings case I previously wrote about here. The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute,…
Non-Paywalled Version of My Washington Examiner Article on “Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability”
NA The Cato Institute has posted a non-paywalled version of my recent Washington Examiner article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability." I don't see a paywall blocking the article on the Examiner…
My New Washington Examiner Article on “Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability”
Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Today, the Washington Examiner published my article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability." Here is an excerpt: Affordability was the biggest issue in the 2025 off-year…
Covid Beach Closures, the Takings Clause, and the Police Power Exception
Falcon1708/Dreamstime.com Co-blogger Jonathan Adler recently posted about Alford v. Walton County, an important new 11th Circuit ruling holding that a local ordinance barring property owners from accessing their beachfront…
COVID Closure of Private Beach Access Constitutes Regulatory Taking
In April 2020, as the COVID outbreak was unfolding, Walton County, Florida, closed all beaches--public and private. Did this ordinance, as applied to private beaches, constitute a taking of private property under the Fifth…
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