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Sp a lady in Texas is refusing to let her property be seized by the Keystone XL pipeline interests as they use the power of "eminent domain" to attempt to take her property from her.
Her right to remain the owner of her land and to remain on it has temporarily been secured by a court of appeals.
However, over in The House Of Representatives, H.R. 1433 is going to legally install an exemption such that property owners will not have the right to protect their properties from such seizures that might be needed for the expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
In other words, if this bill succeeds, and it is right now sitting inside the Senate Judiciary Committee, not only could she lose her property, but thousands of other land owners could lose theirs. And who knows - maybe the Lakota reservation, Pine Ridge, in the Dakotas, could be knocked out from under the Lakota people. (The Lakota Nation has stood steadfast in its determination to protect its aquifers from the polluting forces of this pipeline.)
Full article on this topic is here:
http://www.examiner.com/article/texas-delivers-victory-for-property-rights-keystone-pipeline-fight
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Today (or at least by the end of the week.)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)I'll be passing this one around and getting more vocal opposition to HR 1433.
Thanks for this thread!
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)eminent domain.
Then let them argue that the government has no hand in a business's success.
The Randians should also be educated concerning eminent domain and the railroad industry.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)Unless she can appeal all the way to the scotus and they decide to make new law
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)They can force the abandoning of current laws, but the Congress has to get involved and put together new legislation.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)to describe the effects of appeals court decisions - see the effect of Citizens United.
And on the issue of eminent domain the precedent is solid.
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)I thought the remark I first responded to was from someone unfamiliar with law - and it could be you know far more than I do.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Freaking Republicans and their Grabby Greedhead Values
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:10 AM - Edit history (1)
concerning the woman in New England attempting to save her property from a tennis club (or some such,) I am sad to report that the Republican Justices were actually more supportive of the right of the individual to hold onto their legally gotten property. They have also been more supportive of medical marijuana and states' rights to allow for medical marijuana.
And don't forget, it was Hillary Clinton's State Department that initially gave the green light to the Keystone XL pipeline. The only thing that stopped the pipeline is the thousands of activists that basically put their lives on hold to protest it.