This Thursday from 12:15 to 1:30, I will be debating former University of Chicago Law School Dean Saul Levmore on Kelo v. New London and post-Kelo eminent domain reform – the biggest political backlash generated by any Supreme Court decision in many decades. Current UC Dean Michael Schill will moderate.
I am in the process of writing a book on Kelo and its aftermath, so this will be a good opportunity to present some of my ideas. It’s not every day that I get to present at at an event with this many Chicago deans taking part.
UPDATE: I previously posted the wrong links for my articles Kelo on post-Kelo reform. The mistake has been corrected.
Kenneth Anderson says:
Ilya, congratulations and sounds exciting!
February 1, 2010, 9:59 pmBK says:
Where is the debate going to be held? Will a video/transcript be available?
February 1, 2010, 10:18 pmIlya Somin says:
Where is the debate going to be held? Will a video/transcript be available?
At the U of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th Street. Signs should be posted at the School with a room number. Regarding video, I don’t know.
February 1, 2010, 11:00 pmMaryG says:
Good luck against Saul.
February 2, 2010, 12:20 amHe’s good. Met him once myself, at one of those pre-law things he and Randy do.
David Sucher says:
Hope it’s available on YouTube or similar.
February 2, 2010, 2:41 amUChicago 3L says:
RE: Recording
We try to record all our events, but only if all the participants agree to the recording (many do not). We record audio only though, not video. You can find the recordings here:
http://federalist.uchicago.edu/schedule.html
It does sometimes takes awhile for us to get the recordings up.
February 2, 2010, 12:06 pmChicago1L says:
I was there today – you did great! I learned a lot. The debate encouraged me to rethink my ideas about eminent domain.
One question: you said that you would still be opposed to e.d. even if compensation were perfect. Your reason, as I understand it, is that even though the person dispossessed of property would be just as well off, the new use tends to be of lower value than the old one.
I’m wondering what empirical evidence you have to back up that claim? My initial impression would have been that because government generally takes property from people who are politically weak and poor (as you pointed out), government private-to-private takings would transfers property to higher valued uses.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to the book!
February 4, 2010, 4:25 pmThe Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Podcast of my Debate on Kelo and Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform with Saul Levmore says:
[...] 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 [...]
February 6, 2010, 7:57 pm