Welcome to the Future!
Where: La Plata County Colorado
The land use resrictions the La Plata Liberty Coalition Opposes:
3 County regulation topics that require just compensation:
online polling for eminent domain purports:
What qualifiers are offered for yes to eminent domain?
isidewith | Eminent Domain Poll Results for Greg Abbott Voters
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Knick v. Township of Scott which could overturn its ruling Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank.
Why does this matter to state legislatures? As ABBA sings—-m oney, money, money. Compensation standards and awards differ.
Besides money, why should state and local officials care? Because vocal private property rights activists also want Williamson County overturned.
Who: Opponents to the Dakota Access Pipeline from Iowa + Indigenous Iowans and others from across the Midwest
Why: to protest the four-state pipeline eminent domain
Where: Protesting eminent domain at the Super Bowl in Minneapolis at the US Bank Stadium. U.S. Bank has a banking relationship with the pipeline company
Des Moines Register | Iowa environmentalists heading to Super Bowl to protest Dakota Access pipeline
What’s the issue: CATO, and libertarian groups, believe that there are private proeprty rights in the internet
What’s the rational for private property rights on the internet? the Communications Decency Act Section 230 “helps tech companies act non-neutrally toward user generated content on their platforms”
CATO highlights Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s opposition to finding private property rights on the internet.
CATO Institute | Why Is Sen. Ted Cruz so Opposed to Private Property Rights on the…
If a private entity takes on a state function like eminent domain then…Activists in Lousiana, who are suing over the Bayou Bridge, want the energy companies that use eminent domain to be subject to the same rules the state is subject to, like open records laws.
Is a pipeline a public use? According to the activists/landowners a hospital is a public good, while a pipeline is described as:
Nebraska’s LB 1017 (2018) would require:
Lincoln Journal Star | Bob Krist bill would tighten requirements for pipeline…
Where: New London, CT home to the Kelo v. City of New London of U.S. Supreme Court fame
The ordinance: Section 302.4 of the New London Property Maintenance Code
What garden items are prohibited by Section 302.4?
The offending yard: Has a “maintained” and “contained” bamboo garden for more than 30 years, longer than the ordinance has been in…
Residents Against Invasion of Land by Eminent Domain formed to combat a $2.8 Billion freight rail plan. Here’s what you need to know:
Chicago Tribune | Funding, opposition derail $2B freight rail plan
In 2017, Maryland enacted new eminent domain authority for the building of power lines.
Recent opposition to a high voltage power line has legislators looking to reign in eminent domain authority for high voltage power lines when porjects are sanctioned by the Maryland Public Service Commission.
The Baltimore Sun | Harford legislators get down to business as 2018 General Assembly session begins