December 7, 2021 | The Buckeye Institute

The Buckeye Institute Urges Ohio Supreme Court to Protect Property Rights from Government Land Grabs

The Buckeye Institute joined Pacific Legal Foundation in filing an amicus brief asking the Ohio Supreme Court to hear U.S. Bank v. Summit County, which challenges the ability of county landbanks to seize property without compensating owners or banks with a financial stake in the property. “While the idea of taking abandoned or tax delinquent property has an appeal, the current practice…violates the fundamental principle…that the government can take property for public use only when it provides just compensation to property owners.”

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The Buckeye Institute: University Endowments Must Adhere to Donor Intent

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The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House Higher Education and Career Readiness Committee on the policies in Senate Bill 135, specifically those policies that would “safeguard donors and their generous gifts to Ohio’s institutions of higher education.” Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, noted that the policies in the bill would “ensure that colleges and universities spend education endowment funds according to the endowment’s terms and consistent with donor intent.”