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Due Process Takings Clause State and Local Government

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Businesses Shuttered by COVID-19 Lockdowns Seek Supreme Court’s Revision of Modern Takings Law

Is a business temporarily closed by order of the government entitled to compensation? Two groups of plaintiffs have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court hoping not just for a “yes” but an overhaul of a half-century of regulatory...more

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Land Use Challenges Showcase What’s There for the ‘Taking’

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The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that “No person shall be… deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just...more

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Mitigating the Risk of Loss of a Delinquent Collateral Asset in the Era of Autonomous Zones

Following the death of George Floyd during his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, America experienced months of civil unrest throughout the country. It was during these protests that some began to assert that civil society in...more

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Dereliction of Duty: Can Local Governments Be Liable for Not Protecting Property from Protestors?

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Eager to spark the socialist revolution, left-wing activists seized Ramsett Park and the surrounding area and declared an independent autonomous community dedicated to social and economic justice. While that hypothetical...more

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Do the COVID-19 Shutdowns Constitute Takings Or Due Process Violations?

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A class-action lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania late last week alleges that Governor Wolf’s orders closing non-life sustaining business constitute a taking requiring just compensation under the Fifth...more

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COVID-19: Emergency Powers and Constitutional Limits

- Our country is in a national state of emergency over COVID-19. Almost every state has declared its own state of emergency, and many states have started invoking their emergency powers. - An emergency does not allow...more

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