Monthly Archives: June 2021

What’s happening? The legal analysts are on DefCon 2 reading tea leaves of Chief Justice Robert opinion siding for a nursery fighting a California law that required businesses to permit unions on their property for 120 hours to scout new members. Why is this important? This analysts points to Roberts trying to keep the Court […]

What’s happening? Colorado has dreams of the Front Range rail line. To further it, the Legislature is working to pass SB21-238 (2021 | CO) that would fund and support a passenger rail line. Why is this important? Supporters say the district does’ t make rail happen but is a step toward a rail line. How will […]

What’s happening? This week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that business could not be forced to allow unions onto their private property for hours at a time. Why is this important? The agriculture businesses that sued over a California state law argued that allowing a third party onto someone else’s private property without compensating the […]

What’s happening? Residents of a small desert town are displeased by the town’s use of eminent domain to build an industrial water facility. They responded with an initiative and referendum, The Desert And Open Space Protection Act, to prevent the town from using eminent domain in the future on open spaces and private property. Why […]

What’s happening? The City of Smithtown NY wants to acquire via eminent domain the land of Oasis Gentleman’s Club (the SOB sexually oriented business). Why is this important? Yes, a creative use of eminent domain- don’t like a business then acquire the land by eminent domain, or the threat thereof and build a park. How […]

What’s happening? Charlotte, North Carolina is proposing to use its land for affordable housing development.   Why is this important? The city’s goal is to address acute affordable housing crisis in the city. This sounds familiar…. How will this be important? It is how the land is being used. The city is proposing long term, […]

What’s happening? The Goldwater Institute and Reason say Texas SB 968 (2021 | TX) is unconstitutional violation of property rights.  The constitution has long standing standards for businesses to protect their customers as they choose. The bill seeks to prevent businesses from requiring proofs of vaccination. Why is this important?“”The longstanding legal tradition has always […]

What’s happening? Texas Governor Abbott announced the state will build the border wall. Why is this important? The lands at the Texas border are privately owned, including ranch land with livestock that drinks from the Rio Grande. It’s complicated. The Trump Administration hadn’t resolved the eminent domain issue to acquire the land. Here we go…. […]

What’s happening? Homeowners say short term rentals are like living next to holiday inn. The solution, you ask, well, it is to create a minimum 6 month term for rental or lease of single-family homes with an exception for family members or previous/former owners. Why is this important? Instead of parameters on noise an nuisance, […]

What’s happening? We just met NFTs, I barely remember your name, and now we’re talking about rights. Let me at least get a refresher to know that your name means NonFungible Tokens. MFTs are built on blockchain. For the gaming people out there, I’m told it’s like buying a celebrity “skin” for your game. Why […]