Kavanaugh Key Vote as Justices Overturn Property Rights Case (2)

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a decades-old precedent requiring that those claiming their property was taken by government without just compensation must go to state court before going to federal court.

Brett Kavanaugh was the key vote, as the court was presumably tied 4-4 when it first considered the case in October, when the junior justice was still embroiled in his confirmation controversy. The justices reheard the case in January.

Today they broke along ideological lines in their 5-4 ruling.

Kavanaugh’s vote to reverse the more than 30-year-old embattled precedent could foretell how he’ll view requests to overturn more ...