Archive | 2019

CALIFORNIA’S BULLET TRAIN IS A DUD. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROPERTY CONDEMNED AND NOT USED?

          The California High-Speed Rail Project was authorized by the State Legislature and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on August 26, 2008.  The bill was submitted to California voters and approved.           The first phase of the Project was to link San Francisco with Los Angeles and Anaheim.  Up tot 24 stations were authorized.  Phase 2 was to extend north from the Central Valley to Sacramento and east from Los Angeles through Inland Empire and then south to San Diego.  The total system length would have been approximately 800 miles…. read more

Posted in Abandonment Of Condemnation, California Bullet Train, Uncategorized
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IS MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION A PROPERTY RIGHT?

The subject for this blog was suggested by Dr. Sumeet Mitter, my excellent cardiologist.  This blog is dedicated to him and all the incredible medical staff at Mt. Sinai Hospital.  Having just had a heart transplant, it was a subject that I could warm to.           A pre-existing medical condition is generally defined as “a medical condition that occurred before a program of health benefits went into effect.”  According to the Kaiser Foundation, more than a quarter of adults below 65 (approximately) had pre-existing conditions in 2016.           Under current… read more

Posted in Goldberg v Kelly, Pre-Existing Medical Condition, Property Rights, Texas v United States
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