Perspective
Aug. 6, 2010
Can Use of Eminent Domain Prevent Construction of a Mosque?
The construction of a mosque overlooking Ground Zero in New York City stirs up the debate over use of eminent domain, by Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School.
New York is all atwitter again over the use of eminent domain, complete with a front-page article in The New York Times ("Debate Heating Up on Plans For Mosque Near Ground Zero," July 31, 2010). A Muslim group wants to put up a large mosque overlooking the site of the Sept. 11 atrocity, and many people in and out of New York perceive that as a triumphalist Muslim effort to taunt the victims of the attack on the Twi...
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