Constitutional Law
Apr. 8, 2014
Maryland folds on eminent domain threat
The Maryland House of Delegates recently passed a bill giving the state the power to condemn property belonging to the producers of "House of Cards" if they decide to move filming to a different state.
Ilya Somin
Professor of Law
George Mason University
Ilya is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, author of "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," and "Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter." He writes regularly for the Volokh Conspiracy blog.
In a move possibly inspired by the show's villainous main character Frank Underwood, the Maryland House of Delegates recently passed a bill giving the state government the power to condemn property belonging to the producers of "House of Cards" if they decide to move filming to a different state. When Media Rights Capital, the firm that owns "House of Cards," threatened to leave Maryland unless they got millions of dollars in additional targeted tax breaks, state Delegate Bill Frick aske...
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