Property

VA drone bill just sailed through Senate, property owners should be alarmed

The bill effectively invites the government to fly cameras over your property without judicial oversight.

By Donna Jackson |2026-04-08T07:23:01-04:00April 10th, 2026|Comments Off

Whose ‘stolen’ land is it, anyway?

Billie Eilish joins history dunces wailing about ‘stolen’ land in USA to Israel – but elsewhere?

By Paul Driessen |2026-03-09T11:31:18-04:00March 12th, 2026|Comments Off

Trump’s good news for our fishing fleet

Enough of bureaucrats who know nothing of conservation, history, and the people most involved. Thank you, President Trump, for giving our fishermen back their grounds.

By Craig Rucker |2026-02-25T21:55:37-05:00February 26th, 2026|Comments Off

CFACT co-sponsors “Land and Liberty” gathering in Texas

Around 150 property rights leaders convened in Fort Worth, Texas, to attend the “Land and Liberty Conference” on February 13-14.

By CFACT Ed |2026-02-16T23:38:09-05:00February 16th, 2026|Comments Off

Let’s talk liberty! Join CFACT for rodeo, dinner and discussion

Join us in Fort Worth, Texas, as we celebrate 250 years of constitutionally protected property rights.

By CFACT Ed |2026-01-09T01:22:15-05:00January 8th, 2026|Comments Off

To permanently unleash our federal lands, Congress must reform the Antiquities Act

Congressional approval wouldn’t be a kill switch against federal overreach in land-use decisions, but it would make monument designations dependent on more steps than the whim of a president.

By William Rampe |2025-09-30T20:40:50-04:00October 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Even under Trump, feds charge Idaho couple with wetland violations

The feds claim a small, sometimes soggy depression in their otherwise flat, dry land is “part of” a “navigable” waterway.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2025-08-27T21:31:23-04:00August 28th, 2025|Comments Off

CFACT tells the Feds to reform the Endangered Species Act

For far too long, Green campaigners have shamelessly used the ESA to deprive property owners of the freedom to responsibly use their land.

By Craig Rucker |2025-05-24T23:38:09-04:00May 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Badlands nightmare ends for ranching couple Charles and Heather Maude

Trump administration dismisses shaky Biden-era land theft charges.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2025-05-02T23:41:21-04:00May 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Federal land sale could boost prospects for aspiring homeowners

In making their pitch to Congress to open these lands to residential and commercial development, Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy should remind lawmakers that we are not a nation of land socialists.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2025-01-17T05:27:43-05:00January 19th, 2025|Comments Off

Utah seeks the transfer of 18.5 million acres of land to state control

Utah is pursuing an aggressive legal strategy to resolve the issue of “unappropriated” lands as quickly as possible.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2024-09-17T11:21:44-04:00September 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Is home ownership the American dream or an opportunity for government control?

Then they came for single family zoning.

By Tom Deweese |2024-07-09T09:12:29-04:00July 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Congress must reform the Antiquities Act

President Biden is offender in chief.

By Gabriella Hoffman |2024-01-31T13:46:04-05:00February 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Texas landowners before the Supreme Court in major takings case

Whether the landowners qualify for “just compensation” under the Fifth Amendment will set a significant precedent for other takings cases to be litigated in the years to come.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2024-01-29T10:07:49-05:00January 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Victory as dangerous “natural asset companies” proposal fails

When we learned that the anti-land use crowd was seeking permission to lock up land by creating these so-called "natural asset companies," CFACT took action.

By Craig Rucker |2024-01-27T10:49:59-05:00January 29th, 2024|Comments Off