The Supreme Court has made some large missteps on property rights in recent years (see Kelo v. City of New London) and on Friday it did it again. The Justices ruled 5-3 that adjacent parcels of land can be counted as a single piece of property, without any compensation to the owner for the change. Count that as a missed opportunity for the Court to brush back burdensome regulations that often amount to unconstitutional takings. Under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, property may not be taken by the government...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 23, 2017 22:18 UTC