Property Rights: Supreme Waffle

By strengthening the heavy hand of government, the Court ironically speeds migration from places where land use regulation is over-politicized.

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April 29, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Writing in a PLANetizen editorial, Dr. Peter Gordon and Harry Richardson respond to the Supreme Court's ruling that a temporary development ban does not automatically constitute a taking that requires compensation. "Property owners naturally have a demand for property rules but they do not abide politicized rules that provide standing to all manner of "stakeholders" and dilute their own rights. The Court's rulings notwithstanding, people have been moving with their feet, away from top-down planning and in the direction of more bottom-up planning."

Thanks to Chris Steins

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