![]() ![]() That’s why the Institute for Justice and its Castle Coalition announced a $3 million “Hands Off My Home” campaign, an unprecedented financial commitment to halting eminent domain for private profit. There is every reason to expect a breathtaking expansion of that number is right around the corner. ![]() In its first-of-its-kind nationwide study of eminent domain abuse, the Institute for Justice was shocked to find more than 10,000 similar instances of actual or threatened condemnations for private development in just a five-year period. and many other cities cited Kelo in moving forward with condemnations. Within days of the decision, officials in Freeport, Texas Lake Zurich, Ill. Now, with a thumbs-up from the Court, these cities can be expected to move aggressively. Many cities held off on eminent domain actions, waiting for the Supreme Court to decide Kelo. It will not take long for tax-hungry governments and land-hungry developers to capitalize on this ruling. Clearly, Americans understand just how threatening the Court’s decision is for ordinary home and small business owners everywhere. Decisions on passionately held beliefs like religion or politics typically provoke more discord than agreement. Rarely does a Supreme Court decision generate such uniform and widespread outrage. ![]() Messages of outrage and dismay were directed at officials in New London and filled newspaper letters-to-the-editor pages nationwide.ĭownload: “Hands Off My Home” Pledges: For GovernorsFor State LegislatorsFor Local OfficialsĪctivists: Tell Your Governor to Take the “Hands Off My Home” Pledge Phone calls and emails of support from every corner of the country poured in to Susette Kelo and the other New London homeowners facing eviction (many offering to chain themselves to the houses to prevent demolition). Other online polls on national news websites showed 96 percent and higher opposed to eminent domain for private economic development. Leno noted an instant poll showing 94 percent of respondents were in favor of the homeowners. City of New London, which gave government a green light to take homes and small businesses to benefit private developers. When California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, both were incensed over the U.S. IJ Senior Attorneys, from left, Scott Bullock and Dana Berliner and Castle Coalition members William Giordano, Denise Hoagland and Lori Vendetti of Long Branch, N.J., all spoke out on how the Hands Off My Home campaign will advance property rights on the state level. ![]()
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