As a public service, below is a chronological and thematic compilation of my myriad blog posts relating to “the takings clause in the coronavirus age”:
Black-letter takings law:
- Property rights and the pandemic (April 21, 2020)
- Kelo and the coronavirus (April 27, 2020)
- Justice Holmes to the rescue (May 6, 2020)
- Kelo and the coronavirus, part 2 (May 6, 2020)
- Temporary takings (May 7, 2020).
Public policy and moral theory:
- My natural rights approach to coronavirus lockdowns (March 24, 2020)
- A takings model of the economic shutdown (March 25, 2020)
- How much? (March 26, 2020)
- Who pays? (March 27, 2020
- A property-rights approach to the pandemic (April 2, 2020)
Miscellany:
- Somin v. Guerra-Pujol, Round 1 (March 29, 2020)
- Somin v. Guerra-Pujol, round 2 (March 30, 2020)
- Somin v. Guerra-Pujol, round 3 (March 30, 2020)
- Handouts versus property rights, featuring a funny remix of the song “Savage” by Megan Thee Stallion (April 22, 2020)
- Free Shelley Luther! (May 7, 2020)

Any questions?