In the NY Post, Damon Root takes up the cause of Nick Sprayregen, the landowner who’s standing up to Columbia University in their attempt to use eminent domain to expand their campus. In the latest development, Sprayregen filed a petition with the state appellate court; but this is just the first stop on the way up through the New York court system. The eventual destination could be the SCOTUS. Root writes, “the ESDC-Columbia scheme fails to meet even the low standards set by the Supreme Court’s notorious Kelo decision, which permitted a government’s transfer of property from one private party to another so long as the seizure was part of a ‘comprehensive redevelopment plan.'”
