Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Fifth Amendment Reclamation

Opinion: The Supreme Court’s first term with a new majority is proving to be far more consequential than many Court-watchers anticipated

The Supreme Court’s first term with a new majority is proving to be far more consequential than many Court-watchers anticipated, and in a good way. Long-dormant constitutional principles—such as the nondelegation doctrine—are being debated anew, and core rights are being refortified according to their original meaning.

On Friday in Knick v. Township of Scott, this constitutional revival project reached the Fifth Amendment ban on government takings of private property. A majority composed of the High Court’s conservatives voted...

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