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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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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We're very happy that she's talking about something the homeowners have supported for quite sometime as a compromise solution.
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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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every city has problems and wants more tax revenues.
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Without any limits on the government's eminent domain power, every home, church, or corner store
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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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Since I've been at Rocky, it was probably the oddest game just because when you have Bachman and Daniel pitching, you would have never guessed it was going to turn into this kind of game.
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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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There are many reasons to support an alternative site,
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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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That practice will not stop under most of the proposals that are being floated before the committee,
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The battle in New London is far from over. We will continue to work tirelessly to make sure the homeowners are able to stay.
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It seems like it is simply a desperate attempt by a nearly broke organization to try to come up with more funds to perpetuate its own existence.