As it stands, the 9th Circuit ruling threatens to undermine the 5th Amendment: it would allow the government to take private property through successive enactments that each eliminated only a fraction of the property's value, accomplishing by degrees what the government could not do outright.
Local Government
Come and Build It: Housing Policy Reform in Texas
Texas is short more than 300,000 housing units, while 90% of Texans are worried about affordability. To ease these twin crises, policymakers passed an ambitious set of free-market-minded measures to boost supply and lower costs. Key points: The 89th Texas Legislature passed five key housing market reforms to increase supply, reduce government interference, and improve...
November 3, 2025