Property Rights

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This is Robert Scirocco bringing you today's Law Bit.

The U.S. Supreme Court has recently made it much easier for a town or a city to take a person's home away from him on the grounds that to do so would benefit the public. In Connecticut, a major development company submitted a proposal that included taking and developing property owned by middle-income citizens who lived there for generations. According to the Supreme Court, if the city can demonstrate that the development will bring an economic benefit, that's enough to force a family out of its home and transfer the property to someone else. A majority of the Supreme Court has now ruled that the sanctity of private property, so fundamental to the Founding Fathers, no longer exists.

This is Robert Scirocco, Attorney at Law, Budd Lake, New Jersey, bringing you today's Law Bit.

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