117. The Takings Clause and Kelo v. New London

The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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You might think taking someone's home and giving it to a multi-billion dollar corporation is the most un-American thing imaginable. Five justices of the Supreme Court disagree with you. We examine one of the most universally reviled cases in Supreme Court history--Kelo v. New London. Get Prosecutors Podcast Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/prosecutors-podcast/ Join the Gallery on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/4oHFF4agcAvBhm3o/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProsecutorsPod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prosecutorspod/ Check out our website for case resources: https://prosecutorspodcast.com/ Hang out with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prosecutorspod Day O (The Banana Court Song) Kelo come and they taking my home Day Sandra Day O Kelo come and they taking my home Thought the Court save my childhood home (Kelo come and they taking my home) Too bad team needs another dome (Kelo come and they taking my home) Hey Justice Kennedy you bulldozed my cabana (Kelo come and they taking my home) Took my life and gave it to the tax man-a (Kelo come and they taking my home) Day Sandra Day O (Kelo come and they taking my home) Day Sandra Day Sandra Day Sandra Day O (Kelo come and they taking my home) Kennedy lives in a great big mansion (Kelo come and they taking my home) He no worry bout parking lot expansion (Kelo come and they taking my home) Pfizer, Wal-Mart get free lunch! (Kelo come and they taking my home) Poor man, little man takes the punch! (Kelo come and they taking my home) Day Sandra Day O (Kelo come and they taking my home) Day Sandra Day Sandra Day Sandra Day O (Kelo come and they taking my home) Hey Justice Kennedy you bulldozed my cabana (Kelo come and they taking my home) Hey Justice Kennedy don’t bulldoze my cabana Kelo come and I’ll never go home

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0:00.0	I'm Alice and I'm Brett and this is the prosecutor's legal police. Oh, Welcome back to the prosecutor's legal briefs. I'm your host Alice and I'm joined as always by my imminent co-host Brett.
0:42.0	Oh, you know, I like that.
0:45.0	I like that.
0:46.0	It sounds like I'm special and important.
0:48.0	You're not.
0:49.0	You're not at all.
0:50.0	You're not at all.
0:51.0	I have to bring him down from the clouds because guys, yes Brett's imminent, he's
0:56.8	amazing, he's all the great things, but you all know I love puns and that was
1:02.2	just the perfect descriptor because today we are talking about imminent domain.
1:08.0	Imminent domain, yes. And you know, we are going to talk about today a case that brings people together.
1:17.0	There have been more controversial cases without question.
1:23.1	There are more famous cases without question.
1:26.3	I don't know if there is a more universally hated Supreme Court case
1:36.0	than the one from the last I don't know hundred century. It's like Coramatsu probably.
1:38.0	Coramatsu but like it's funny because like everyone knows that koramatsu was just so wrong.
1:45.0	Whereas Kilo, like it hasn't been overturned, you know?
1:49.1	So it's like still there and you know in reading, and an older I mean it's not not a case from
1:55.4	this this season it's not from this
1:58.8	scrotus it's not from this term or even the last decade, but it's one of those cases where when I went back to read it for this episode, I was mad the whole time even though I knew the outcome.
2:11.0	So you guys get ready because it affects all of us and you'll see why you
2:16.4	know you'll understand why the court did what it did but you'll also see how
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