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Testing O’Connor and Thomas: Does the Use of Eminent Domain Target Poor and Minority Communities?

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  • Dick M. Carpenter

    (Institute for Justice, 16630 Mesquite Road, Peyton, Colorado, 80831, USA, dcarpenter@ij.org, dcarpent@uccs.edu)

  • John K. Ross

    (Institute for Justice, Strategic Research, 901 N Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia, 22203, USA, jross@ij.org)

Abstract

In dissenting from the US Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo decision upholding the use of eminent domain for private-to-private transfers of property, Justices O’Connor and Thomas asserted, based on the history of urban renewal, that eminent domain for private development would disproportionately hurt poor and minority communities. This study uses US census data and a sample of redevelopment project areas using or identified for the use of eminent domain to test the assertions of Justices O’Connor and Thomas. Results reveal that such project areas are, in fact, disproportionately populated by those who are poor, minority and less educated.

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  • Dick M. Carpenter & John K. Ross, 2009. "Testing O’Connor and Thomas: Does the Use of Eminent Domain Target Poor and Minority Communities?," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 46(11), pages 2447-2461, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:46:y:2009:i:11:p:2447-2461
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098009342597
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