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Raisin growers were before the US Suprmee Court arguing that a law allowing the government to take their crops, without just compensation, is unconstitutional.
During the New Deal, farmers got a raw deal. The 1937 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act permits the taking of crops to shore up prices. The great raisin caper of 2015 led the Justices to offer colorful fodder:
Property Rights advocates know no international borders. Property owners on both side of the border raise concerns about the Trans Pecos Pipeline. Here’s what people are saying:
Flower Mound City Council candidates uniformly oppose eminent domain for commercial puposes. They uniformly support private property rights saying that emient domain is for public uses only and with just compensation. Cross Timbers Gazette
“Paul joined most of the chorus of Republican candidates for governor in opposing eminent domain in the name of public utility for private companies.” Central Kentucky News
Iowa joins the band wagon to prohibit eminent domain for private companies. Eminent Domain by a merchant, such as a pipeline who is moving a good to and from, would have a higher level of public use to meet. Blog for Iowa
This week House State Affairs Committee heard testimony from Matt Miller, of the Institute of Justice. He drew comparisons between eminent domain and asset forfeiture.
He compared the government’s ability to take property from innocent Texans without charging them of a crime with the ability of the government to take property from innocent Texans for a public use under eminent domain.
Refreshing our Recollection: The Institute for Justice is the the group of attorneys that…
The Iowa Supreme Court halted eminent domain power for a drinking water project. The Supreme Court opined that since the drinking water project also included recreational water use, the water district had no authority to use eminent domain.
The moral of the story: public use means only a public use, no extra bells and whistles.
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Posted inlegal trend, private property rights, water
Missouri is grappling with the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a transmission line to move wind energy. The majority of county governments and land owners have not approved the transmission line. Right now the transmission line is tied up in the Missouri version of the PUC, and the drama is rising. Ralls County has become engaged in the statewide regulatory approval of the transmission line. The county went so far as to make clear that it has never consented to the the trans… In the West Virginia mountains, a fight is brewing between a pipeline and 100 landowners over access to land. The pipelines say they need access to the land to comply with federal requirements. The landowners say that the access the pipeline wants exceeds what is allowed under West Virigina Law in at least 3 ways: Houston Metro plans to sell a closed park and ride to the Houston Housing Authority. HHA wants to build a 300 unit development. In a public meeting about the sale and development of the vacant park and ride, HHA said that if the property is sold in a private sale, HHA would use eminent doamin to acquire the property. Property owners reaction was predictability not thrilled, who prefer a private sale of the property.
Posted inactivism, private property rights, special districts
Transmission Lines Incite Eminent Domain Fears. County Denied & Retracts Consent.
Pre-condemantion Access: 100 Landowners Block Pipeline Access. Pipeline Sues. Law Sides with Landowners?
What not to Say at a Public Meeting in Houston: We Will Take The Property By Eminent Domain