Category Archives: private property rights

Donald Trump Loves Kelo. 2 New News Highlights.

  • Washington Post:  Trump heralded the Kelo decision, which 80% of conservatives oppose. At the time, Trump said:
    • I happen to agree with it 100%. if you have a person living in an area that’s not even necessarily a good area, and … government wants to build a tremendous economic development, where a lot of people are going to be put to work and … create thousands upon thousands of jobs and beautification and lots of other things, I think it happens to be good.”
  • CATO: Trump utilizes…

Bretibart Goes to bat for California Farmers

California Gov. Brown is proposing to take land via eminent doamin from 300 farmers so some river deltas can be reworked to bring more water to populated areas.

Breitbart engaged a water and land use lawyer with the Pacific Legal Foundation, who said 3 important things:, 

  • No oversight in eminent domain projects:“..the use of eminent domain does not allow for a proper system of “checks and balances,” even for controversial state infrastructure projects.”
  • California can start work…

Legal Trend: Private Companies Denied Eminent Domain.

A brewing legal dispute in Iowa highlights the momentum away from allowing eminent domain authority for pipelines, transmission lines, and other utilities that are privately owned. 

An Iowa Attorney:

“The larger issue — what it really comes down to — is whether these guys have the power of eminent domain. this is not a utility, it is not public, it is not providing any necessary public service. A number of other cases have rejected such eminent domain arguments — the Bluegrass Pipeline…

Iowans Say the Darndest Things About Pipelines

Iowa- home the Presidential state fair and its fair share of pipelines. One Iowan expressed these views of the Ames Tribune:

“I see only corporate greed, trampling of private property rights and a threat to Iowa’s environment. Here’s my beef: show me the public good. “

His comments reflect tw growing eminent domain trends:

  • a message & campaign trend of “no eminent domain for private (corporate) gain”
  • a legal trend of denying pipelines eminnet domain when the pipelines do not…

Water Tunnels. Eminent Domain Meets Drought.

California’s Governor Jerry Brown has proposed water tunnels to move water around California.  California farmers have water and the cities need it.

To accomplish this great water migration, California is proposing to use eminent domain against 300 farms to build the 30-mile-long tunnels that will reshape the delta formed by the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers.

Landowners are facing a 30 day window to either accept or reject 1, single, offer from the state according to…

Property Rights. Eminent Domain. SD 24 Campaign. You Won't Believe it.

Entering the SD 24 campaign is Christopher “C.J.” Grisham of Temple. He is the founder of Open Carry Texas, and has very specific views on private property rights.

Let’s take a peek, shall we? He says:

  • “Property taxes are a form of slavery. When the government has the power to seize your property just because you don’t pay a ransom in the form of a tax, we don’t truly have private property rights.”

Temple Daily Telegram

Rep. Isaac on Protecting Property Rights Underground

This week, Representative Isaac said,

“You don’t go on top of people’s property and steal their property. That’s theft, and I feel it is the same way with protecting private property rights if you are going to go under someone’s property and take their water.”

A 2015 bill by Rep. Isaac requires well owners in the part of Hays County that is protected by a conservation district to register those wells with regulators.  

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