Category: eminent domain

Supreme Court Sides With Landowners Whose Land Was Sought for Pipeline

The Supreme Court revived a lawsuit filed by Virginia property owners challenging the seizure of their land to make way for a natural gas pipeline. The court’s decision, which came April 24 in an unsigned order with no recorded dissents, is the latest development in a long-running legal battle between Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC and…


LIVE NOW: Civil Rights Group Discussion: ‘Will the US Government Seize Private Property to Achieve Green Agenda Goals?’

Civil rights group PROJECT SENTINEL and public policy research institution London Center for Policy Research (LCPR) held a panel discussion on “Will the US Government Seize Private Property to Achieve Green Agenda Goals?” Project Sentinel President LTC (Ret) Tony Shaffer, Project Sentinel Chairman, LCPR Navy Capt. (Ret) Pete O’Brien, LCPR and Project Sentinel senior fellow…


REPLAY: Civil Rights Group Discussion: ‘Will the US Government Seize Private Property to Achieve Green Agenda Goals?’

Civil rights group PROJECT SENTINEL and public policy research institution London Center for Policy Research (LCPR) held a panel discussion on “Will the US Government Seize Private Property to Achieve Green Agenda Goals?” Project Sentinel President LTC (Ret) Tony Shaffer, Project Sentinel Chairman, LCPR Navy Capt. (Ret) Pete O’Brien, LCPR and Project Sentinel senior fellow…


Civil Rights Group Discussion: ‘Will the US Government Seize Private Property to Achieve Green Agenda Goals?’

Civil rights group PROJECT SENTINEL and public policy research institution London Center for Policy Research (LCPR) held a panel discussion on “Will the US Government Seize Private Property to Achieve Green Agenda Goals?” Project Sentinel President LTC (Ret) Tony Shaffer, Project Sentinel Chairman, LCPR Navy Capt. (Ret) Pete O’Brien, LCPR and Project Sentinel senior fellow…


LA City Council Takes Step to Force Purchase of Chinatown Building to Freeze Rent

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday, May 27, to try to buy a 124-unit housing development in Chinatown by exercising the power of eminent domain, in an effort to keep some of the tenants housed amid rent increases by their landlord, who does not want to sell the building to the city. Councilman…