State and Local Government / Property Rights

Fighting Blight Wherever We Find It

By Sarah Brodsky on Mar 19, 2008

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that even noncharter cities can use eminent domain to confiscate people’s homes and businesses and make way for shopping centers.

Maybe we should replace the deteriorating Governor’s Mansion with a Lowe’s.

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