ILYA SOMIN: A resurgence of eminent domain abuse. “Politically connected casinos, developers, and other interest groups are taking advantage of the situation to lobby for takings that benefit themselves at the expense of the poor and politically weak, and to undermine post-Kelo reforms. Indeed, public ignorance helped ensure that many of the new laws enacted in the wake of Kelo were unlikely to ever be effective in the first place. Dubious takings that destroy more value than they create were common before Kelo, and never came close to completely disappearing.”