Podcast of my Debate on Kelo and Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform with Saul Levmore

In response to popular demand, The University of Chicago Federalist Society has posted a podcast of my recent debate on Kelo and post-Kelo eminent domain reform with former U of Chicago Law School Dean Saul Levmore. Current UC Dean Michael Schill moderated. The podcast is available here . A good time was had by all, and I got some interesting new ideas for my planned book on Kelo and its aftermath. I am grateful to the UC Federalist Society for organizing this event, and to Dean Levmore and Dean Schill for their excellent participation. I would like to briefly comment on a point Dean Levmore made that I didn’t get a chance to address at the debate. He claimed that “90 percent” of people whose property is condemned are happy about it (perhaps because they get high compensation). I would very much like to know the source for this statistic. Most studies of eminent domain compensation suggest that undercompensation is very common.

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Podcast of my Debate on Kelo and Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform with Saul Levmore