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46 Environs: Env't L. & Pol'y J. 1 (2022-2023)

handle is hein.journals/environs46 and id is 1 raw text is: Knick v. Township of Scott: The End of a Legal Catch-22 and What This Means for Future Fifth Amendment Takings Cases Jenny Dao, J.D. Zach Castagnola-Johnson TABLE OF CONTENTS IN TRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 2 I.THE PRE-KNICK W ORLD................................................................................. 4 A. The Politicization of Takings Cases ............................................. 4 B. Takings Jurisprudence Pre-Knick v. Township of Scott ..............5 C. Knick v. Township of Scott........................................................... 7 D. 2019 Post-Knick Predictions ........................................................ 8 E. Wetland Takings Cases May Be Political ................................... 9 1. Statistical Analysis Using Bonica's CFscore ........................ 9 F. Federal Judges Were More Likely than State Judges to Stray from their Political Ideologies When Writing Wetland Takings Opinions .........................................................................................12 1. Comparing Circuit Court and State Supreme Court C F scores ..................................................................................12 2. Explanations for the Differences Between Federal Judges' and State Judges' Ideologies....................................................14 G. The Politics of Takings Cases Is Also Manifest Through the Line Up of Amicus Briefs ..............................................................16 1. Focusing on California as a Battleground for Takings Claims ......................................................................................18 II.THE POST-KNICK W ORLD.............................................................................. 19 A. New CFscore Analysis Reveals Nearly Identical Bias...................19 B. The Empirical Analyses, While Persuasive, Have Notable Shortcom ings ............................................................................ 22 C. Further Evaluating the Impact of Ideology on Post-Knick Takings C laim s........................................................................... 23 IIIRECONCILING KNICK AND THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW ................................... 25 A. Takings Cases Brought in State Courts vs. Federal Courts in L iberal States............................................................................... 25 1