Property

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

Online realtor’s “climate risk assessment” attracts suspicion

From Restoration News: Climate activists are sabotaging real estate listings.

By Kevin Mooney |2025-07-31T13:21:27-04:00August 3rd, 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

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

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

NYSE withdraws Biden-backed rule that would stymie development on millions of acres

“Natural Asset Companies” are a mistake waiting to happen.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2024-01-23T10:58:01-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

CFACT’s DeWeese continues to stir up grassroots action

A rolling discussion of property rights.

By CFACT |2023-10-11T09:34:53-04:00October 8th, 2023|Comments Off

Hoffman delivers CFACT testimony before Kansas Senate Committee

The threat to U.S. property rights. WATCH NOW

By CFACT |2025-03-15T02:23:02-04:00September 30th, 2023|Comments Off

Fifth Amendment takings case erupts over new Rhode Island beach law

Opponents of a new shoreline-access law in Rhode Island that allows the public to enter parts of private beachfront property are taking the state to federal court.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2023-07-17T10:35:42-04:00July 18th, 2023|Comments Off

JP Morgan CEO calls on governments to seize land for wind and solar

“We may even need to invoke eminent domain – we are simply not getting the added investments fast enough for grid, solar, wind, and pipeline investments.”

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2023-04-11T14:43:58-04:00April 11th, 2023|Comments Off

Supreme Court rules in favor of landowners in major property rights case

“The decision reaffirms that property rights are among the most important civil rights."

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2023-04-01T15:24:12-04:00April 3rd, 2023|Comments Off

Alabama landowner heads to court over a snake that isn’t there

There is scant evidence that Skipper’s land is home to a single black pine snake.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2022-10-03T12:52:02-04:00October 6th, 2022|Comments Off

Montana mountain man takes on feds before Supreme Court

A breach of contract fell on deaf ears with the Forest Service refusing to honor its agreement.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2022-09-29T12:12:42-04:00September 28th, 2022|Comments Off