Reason Magazine has posted Professor Ilya Somin’s article The Limits of Anti-Kelo Legislation. An excerpt:
Although important progress in protecting property rights has been madein some states, such predictions turned out to be seriously overstated.The Kelo backlash has not been as effective as many expected. Too often, cosmetic changes have taken the place of real reform.
Nearly every state legislature has either adopted or considered legislation to curb the use of eminent domain since Kelo,but only 14 have enacted laws that provide significantly increasedprotections for property rights. Several other states have enactedeffective reforms by popular referendum. Seventeen state legislatureshave passed laws that purport to restrict eminent domain, but inreality accomplish very little.
The complete article is well worth reading.