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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 22, 2007

California Initiative Refocuses Attack on 'Kelo'

Forum Column - By Ronald Zumbrun - California voters next year may get a second chance to block the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s un-American decision on eminent domain.

Forum Column

By Ronald A. Zumbrun

      California voters in November narrowly defeated a ballot measure meant to block the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's un-American 2005 decision regarding eminent domain. Next year, they should get to try again with a more-narrowly drawn initiative aimed at reversing, for California, Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005).
      In Kelo, ...

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