The US Constitution requires that just compensation be paid when the power of eminent domain is used, and requires "public use" of the property,... then the Supreme Court got in trouble.
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News Your bomb shelter could let the gov't seize your home
05-09-2012
It seems that Mr. Del Rio had an underground bunker, and apparently in Austin, Texas that enough to have the SWAT team storm your home and hold you at gun point.
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News The Global Land Grab
02-20-2012
by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
In Vietnam, Peter Doan Van Vuon, a farmer who fought back when police came to confiscate his farm, is widely regarded as a hero. His neighbors have actually considered building a statue in his honor. In the United States, he would almost certainly be
News Supreme Court case involving Idaho lake house ignites conservative cause against EPA
01-02-2012
Washington Post
The issue before the justices is narrow: whether the Sacketts can go to court to challenge the EPAs initial findings that their lot contains wetlands. Their plight of not being able to develop their land while other homes are built hundreds of feet
News National Park Service has new land-grabbing tool, government could take almost half the nation
12/30/2011
godlikeproductions.com
Big Green has an unlikely new sales pitch to convince Congress to fund ever-expanding land grabs by the National Park Service -- save wildlife migration. A map overlay showing all the U.S. wildlife migration paths would blot out nearly half the natio
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News Eminent Domain Fight Has a Canadian Twist
10-18-2011
nytimes.com
A Canadian company has been threatening to confiscate private land from South Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico, and is already suing many who have refused to allow the Keystone XL pipeline on their property even though the controversial project has yet t
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader
News Federal & Local Law Enforcement Agencies Try to Take Family Motel from Innocent Owners
10-05-2011
youtube (h/t The Agitator)
Imagine you own a million-dollar piece of property free and clear, but then the federal government and local law enforcement agents announce that they are going to take it from you, not compensate you one dime, and then use the money they get from se
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News Miss. eminent domain ballot initiative in court
07-25-2011
AP
A Hinds County judge is scheduled to hear high-stakes arguments Monday over a proposed constitutional amendment to prevent governments from taking property for anything but a public project.
Circuit Judge Winston Kidd must decide whether the amend
News Disorderly Property Ownership
04-04-2011
Lew Rockwell
In Claymont, Delaware, a team of jack-booted thugs in DOT trucks conducted patrols of property destruction in a neighborhood by driving through the area and scooping up basketball hoops and throwing them into the back of a dump truck to be hauled awa
News In St. Louis, a protest sign meets government arrogance
04-03-2011
Washington Post
Roos responded by painting on the side of one of his buildings a large mural a slash through a red circle containing the words End Eminent Domain Abuse. The government demanded he seek a permit for it. He did. Then they denied the permit.
News Army of cops evict couple for politician's pet project
03-27-2011
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Their entire street is now set to be bulldozed to make way for the 2014 Commonwealth Games athletes' village. Margaret - bruised and shaken after the 5am raid - said: "Those animals have stolen our home from us." A team of council heavies smashed the
News Phx. council thugs vote to steal Pioneer Village from the party that out-bid them for it
08-20-2010
www.azcentral.com
Eric Roles bid $10,000 more for the 92 acres from the state than did Phoenix. Phoenix demanded Eric sell to them at cost, for no gain. Negotiations ensued. Now, Phoenix is done playing, and the ass-whooping begins.
News Quebec man loses fight to keep home above gold mine
08-04-2010
CTV News
A man who literally lives on a gold mine has been ordered by a Quebec judge to leave his home. A Superior Court judge awarded Osisko Mining Corp. possession of Masse's home after the company requested an emergency court decision.
News Man arrested for trespassing on his own land
12/04/2009
godlikeproductions.com
Jeremy Engelking will appear in Douglas County court this afternoon to face a trespassing charge. But heres the kicker: The Superior man allegedly trespassed on his own property.
Phennommennonn GLP
News N.Y. top court rules for state in Atlantic Yards case
11-24-2009
Reuters
NY lawfully seized land needed for the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, the state's highest court ruled. The project, which includes plans to build a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets alongside office and apartment buildings, has
News The Supreme Court should roast in Hades over Kelo
11-15-2009
Wendy McElroy
The U.S. Supreme Court established a hideous precedent in 2005 ruling the city [state] gained the legal 'right' to confiscate homes and businesses owned by individuals in order to clear the way for 'development', including by private corporations.
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Feature Article Tucson Court Issues First Prop 207 Victory for Home and Business Owners Powell Gammill
A Pima County Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of Goldwater Institute client Mike Goodman, who filed suit against the City of Tucson under Arizona's Private Property Rights Protection Act which requires government to compensate property owners
News When Public Power Is Used for Private Gain
10-09-2009
Reason
In December 2003, Bruce Ratner, a New York real estate tycoon and owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, announced his long-simmering plans to build a 22-acre "urban utopia" in central Brooklyn, featuring more than a dozen office and apartment
News Conn. land vacant 4 years after court OK'd seizure (Kelo Eminent Domain Case)
09-25-2009
Kelo and six other homeowners fought for years, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2005, justices voted 5-4 against them, giving cities across the country the right to use eminent domain to take property for private development.
Headlines: Conn. land vacant 4 years after court OK'd seizure (Kelo Eminent Domain Case) -- When Public Power Is Used for Private Gain -- Tucson Court Issues First Prop 207 Victory for Home and Business Owners -- The Supreme Court should roast in Hades over Kelo -- N.Y. top court rules for state in Atlantic Yards case -- Man arrested for trespassing on his own land -- Quebec man loses fight to keep home above gold mine -- Phx. council thugs vote to steal Pioneer Village from the party that out-bid them for it -- Army of cops evict couple for politician's pet project -- In St. Louis, a protest sign meets government arrogance -- Disorderly Property Ownership -- Miss. eminent domain ballot initiative in court -- Federal & Local Law Enforcement Agencies Try to Take Family Motel from Innocent Owners -- Eminent Domain Fight Has a Canadian Twist -- National Park Service has new land-grabbing tool, government could take almost half the nation -- Supreme Court case involving Idaho lake house ignites conservative cause against EPA -- The Global Land Grab -- Your bomb shelter could let the gov't seize your home --
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