NYs eminent-domain abuse, bye-bye, blue wall and other commentary

Libertarian: NY’s Eminent-Domain AbuseMany states, but not New York, tightened their rules on eminent domain after the Supreme Court in 2005’s Kelo v.New London “justified the government stealing property from its owners to pass it to better-connected private parties,” argues Reason’s J.D.

Tuccille.“So, it’s no surprise” that the court may overturn Kelo by taking up Bowers v.

Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, which “comes from the Empire State.” The OCIDA seized Bowers’ property to hand it to a competitor to use for parking, “a raw case of crony capitalism that violated private property rights and free market principles.” The Kelo decision “alerted the public that takings of private property are often corrupt, performed by politicians to reward friends and allies”; now the high court may “reconsider the mistake it made.”Liberal: Bye-Bye, Blue Wall“Since Covid, the biggest blue states have dramatically lagged behind the biggest Republican states in population growth,” observes The Liberal Patriot’s Nate Moore.From 2020 to ’24, “California, New York, and Illinois each lost more than 100,000 thousand residents,” while Florida and Texas “gained around 2 million.” Post-pandemic, “Florida and Texas gained more than 1 million residents combined” while their blue counterparts “barely broke 400,000 cumulatively.” Unless those states “right the ship” with sufficient policy reforms, there will be “frightening electoral costs” and a “very dicey” 2030s presidential map.

“The mighty Blue Wall — long an electoral refuge for Democratic campaigns — would not cut it anymore.” Democrats’ only option is to “prioritize restoring blue states as attractive and accessible places to live.”Conservative: Dems Dither on Campus Jew-Hate“The Democrats still don’t have a coherent strategy” to address campus antisemitism, “as evidenced by their reaction to the arrest this month of the politica...