Friday, May 19, 2006

Eminent Domain Under Review

After Kelo v. New London I posted a number of times on the abuse of local New Jersey governments taking land for developers. Finally, yesterday, a new report makes clear that political contributions have a direct impact on who's land gets taken.
As others have testified in re cent months, however, Chen said constitutional protections for property owners have eroded to the point that property is being seized almost without notice, for little compensation and to enrich developers using campaign contributions to win support.

In what may be his most stringent suggestion, Chen zeroed in on the loose definition for deeming a property "in need of redevelopment," thus making it eligible to be seized.

A 1992 change by the Legislature allowed local officials to seize property that is "underutilized." Chen noted that another change in 2003 made his own suburban home in Berkeley Heights subject to condemnation, because it is located in a state-declared growth area. link

1 Comments:

At 9:32 PM, Anonymous Vindex said...

The security of people's property is protected by our Constitution. However, unless you know how to protect your property from things as emminent domain, you must understand the law and your relationship with it. You can protect your land by securing the patent that is already on the land. By study and understanding, one can stop the "legal" thievery. My I suggest one look at the following web site and check out the "open forum" concerning land patents.

www.TeamLaw.org

Let's take our country back peacefully.
Vindex

PS: Check out the "Governors' Corner" and "History of this Nation" on this site.

 

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