{"id":19799,"date":"2020-06-04T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2581143"},"modified":"2020-06-04T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T02:45:00","slug":"audio-of-federalist-society-teleforum-on-whether-enterprises-closed-by-coronavirus-shutdown-orders-are-entitled-to-compensation-under-the-takings-clause-of-the-fifth-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/audio-of-federalist-society-teleforum-on-whether-enterprises-closed-by-coronavirus-shutdown-orders-are-entitled-to-compensation-under-the-takings-clause-of-the-fifth-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio of Federalist Society Teleforum on Whether Enterprises Closed by Coronavirus Shutdown Orders are Entitled to Compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 15, the Federalist Society held a teleforum on the question of whether businesses and other entities shuttered by coronavirus shutdown orders are entitled to compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. I debated Prof. F.E. (Enrique) Guerra-Pujol of the University of Central Florida College of Business. Prominent takings lawyer Robert Thomas moderated. Audio of the event is now available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fedsoc.org\/events\/covid-19-property-rights-do-government-actions-in-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic-create-compensable-takings\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/03\/20\/does-the-takings-clause-require-compensation-for-coronavirus-shutdowns\/\">my view<\/a>, most such shutdowns do not qualify as takings. In April,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/04\/14\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-rejects-takings-challenge-to-coronavirus-shutdown-order\/\">the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a takings challenge<\/a>&nbsp;to that state&#8217;s shutdown order on largely the same grounds as I outlined in my earlier post on the subject. Prof. Guerra-Pujol&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatus.org\/bridge\/commentary\/kelo-case-provides-strong-legal-argument-takings-clause-lockdown-compensation\">argues otherwise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the teleforum, I think Guerra-Pujol backed off somewhat from his more sweeping earlier claims, such as the argument that compensation for shuttered businesses is required by the Supreme Court&#8217;s 2005 decision in&nbsp;<em>Kelo v. City of New London,&nbsp;<\/em>a ruling not normally seen as a source of strong protection for property rights. I previously criticized that argument&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/04\/29\/no-the-kelo-case-doesnt-require-takings-compensation-for-businesses-closed-by-coronavirus-shutdown-orders\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"Reason_320x100_320x50_300x250_incontent_FirstParagraph_SA\" class=\"advertisement freestar-incontent-ad freestar-ad-sidebar-container\" align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186\/Reason_320x100_320x50_300x250_incontent_FirstParagraph_SA_0__container__\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I continue to believe that most coronavirus shutdowns do not qualify as takings, though there may be some unusual exceptions to that generalization (I note some in the teleforum).<\/p>\n<p>I do think that<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/03\/20\/does-the-takings-clause-require-compensation-for-coronavirus-shutdowns\/\">&nbsp;at least some shuttered enterprises are entitled to compensation as a moral matter<\/a>, even if the Constitution doesn&#8217;t require it. But I am pessimistic that we can ever effectively compensate more than a small fraction of the losses caused by the shutdowns. Our best hope is to minimize the damage by &#8220;reopening&#8221; as fast as safely possible, and taking steps&mdash;including by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/05\/27\/the-moral-case-for-testing-coronavirus-vaccines-through-challenge-trials-on-paid-healthy-volunteers\/\">allowing &#8220;challenge trials&#8221;<\/a>&mdash;to accelerate the development of a vaccine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatus.org\/bridge\/commentary\/kelo-case-provides-strong-legal-argument-takings-clause-lockdown-compensation\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.mercatus.org\/bridge\/commentary\/kelo-case-provides-strong-legal-argument-takings-clause-lockdown-compensation<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>ILYA SOMIN<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/legal-newswire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legal Newswire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>ILYA SOMIN<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 15, the Federalist Society held a teleforum on the question of whether businesses and other entities shuttered by coronavirus shutdown orders are entitled to compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. I debated Prof. F.E. (Enrique) Guerra-Pujol of the University of Central Florida College of Business. Prominent takings lawyer Robert Thomas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/03\/audio-of-federalist-society-teleforum-on-whether-enterprises-closed-by-coronavirus-shutdown-orders-are-entitled-to-compensation-under-the-takings-clause-of-the-fifth-amendment\/\">Continue reading <span>Audio of Federalist Society Teleforum on Whether Enterprises Closed by Coronavirus Shutdown Orders are Entitled to Compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/audio-of-federalist-society-teleforum-on-whether-enterprises-closed-by-coronavirus-shutdown-orders-are-entitled-to-compensation-under-the-takings-clause-of-the-fifth-amendment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-legal-newswire","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Audio of Federalist Society Teleforum on Whether Enterprises Closed by Coronavirus Shutdown Orders are Entitled to Compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/04\/audio-of-federalist-society-teleforum-on-whether-enterprises-closed-by-coronavirus-shutdown-orders-are-entitled-to-compensation-under-the-takings-clause-of-the-fifth-amendment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Audio of Federalist Society Teleforum on Whether Enterprises Closed by Coronavirus Shutdown Orders are Entitled to Compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On May 15, the Federalist Society held a teleforum on the question of whether businesses and other entities shuttered by coronavirus shutdown orders are entitled to compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. 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