Scott Bullock
Scott Bullock
Scott G. Bullock is an American lawyer who focuses on property rights issues such as eminent domain and civil forfeiture. He is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit public interest law firm. He represented Susette Kelo in Kelo v. City of New London an eminent domain case decided by the Supreme Court in 2005...
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Given that the Court has not agreed to rehear a decision in over 50 years, this is not a huge surprise. But the denial makes it crystal clear that since the Supreme Court will not protect home and small business owners, it is now up to state legislatures and state courts to protect people from eminent domain abuse.
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Eminent domain has been used increasingly by local government to pursue private development. We think that's wrong, it is unconstitutional.
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It's not only a slap in the face to the governor and the legislature, but it's a case of the NLDC breaking their word.
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The unanimous nature of the Senate vote speaks volumes to the bipartisan support for property rights and eminent domain reform.
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I lived in the neighborhood where Berman was centered. It's now a sterile lifeless area of huge federal buildings and apartment houses with no street life.
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Most situations that I'm aware of, when people refuse to sell, development still moves forward around them.
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We appreciate the willingness of Trafton Properties to consider donating land to MaineGeneral Medical Center and/or sell land at a discounted price if improved access to I-95 is provided. We will contact you if we have interest in developing the site in the future,
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There are many reasons to support an alternative site,