WHO: The libertarian Niskanen Center
WHAT: Libertarians, supporting landowners over a FERC permitted pipeline in a dispute over pre-condemnation access, offer these 2 reasons for siding with Landowners over economics:
- DUE PROCESS FOR LANDOWNERS “No court has ever held that property owners can be forced to wait indefinitely for the constitutionally-required hearing on the taking of their land, and this Court should not be the first,”
- FERCs approval process violates landowners’ constitutional rights
WHERE: Niskanen Center filed a brief with the Federal Court in DC siding with landowners
IMPACT: Niskanen has also brought similar due process legal cases in Colorado and Iowa
E&E News | Libertarians join battle over pipelines, property rights