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PREVIEW: RENT CONTROL: BIDEN: Conversation with colleague Richard Epstein of Hoover re: the rent control reform recommended by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas as well as the general opinion of the Conservatives in the Court on property rights. More toni

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: RENT CONTROL: BIDEN: Conversation with colleague Richard Epstein of Hoover re: the rent control reform recommended by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas as well as the general opinion of the Conservatives in the Court on property rights. More tonight.

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0:00.0

Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,

0:06.0

three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent.

0:10.7

Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.

0:13.1

All right.

0:14.0

Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.

0:16.8

And don't get us started on Mel.

0:19.4

But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:22.6

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel

0:27.4

with us. P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.

0:30.3

This is John Batchelor, conversation with my good colleague Richard Epstein, Professor

0:34.9

Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution, about proposals for national rent control brought

0:41.3

forward by the Biden administration capping what a landlord can do year

0:46.4

after year to raise rents.

0:49.0

Richard speaks to that and also to recommendations from the Supreme Court led by Clarence Thomas

0:56.0

that the way to deal with rent control to do away with it

1:00.0

because it limits and damages large cities, especially New York.

1:04.0

He is on a case-by-case basis.

1:07.0

Richard answers that very bluntly,

1:10.0

and also remarks about the conservative court and property rights.

1:15.0

Here's Richard Epstein, unhappy with the recommendation from Clarence Thomas and the

1:20.7

Conservatives on the court about property rights, rent control and

1:25.1

what is to be done. More of this tonight. No it is one of the dumbest opinions

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