Watch Eminent Domain Case: How Can You Take My House? on PBS. See more from Constitution USA with Peter Sagal.
Here’s a video snippet focusing on eminent domain and the Kelo decision, from PBS’s ongoing series on the U.S. Constitution. It’s a somewhat generic view of the issue complete with silly sound effects and graphics, but it does touch on the concept of property rights, and there’s a tour of the former Fort Trumbull neighborhood in New London, currently an overgrown field.
The money quote is from former property owner Michael Cristofaro: “How could those justices in black robes steal our property rights from us? I feel like the Constitution failed me.”
Professor Gideon Kanner adds his thoughts on the video here.