Property

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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CFACT Ed

|2023-09-29T13:02:39-04:00September 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.

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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.”

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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."

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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.

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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.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2022-09-29T12:12:42-04:00September 28th, 2022|Comments Off

Biden’s 30×30 land grab must be stopped!

The Green-Left is making a big push to take away our property rights and the ability of people to safely use private and public lands no matter how environmentally responsible.

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Craig Rucker

|2022-05-02T15:04:38-04:00May 2nd, 2022|Comments Off

CFACT joins forces to assemble anti-30×30 gathering in Nebraska

To push back against President Biden’s 30x30 land preservation initiative, some 225 county executives, state legislators, farmers, and ranchers gathered in Lincoln, Nebraska to take part in a conference.

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CFACT Ed

|2024-01-29T11:55:26-05:00April 27th, 2022|Comments Off

Court rules against Idaho landowners in WOTUS water case

Handing a victory to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the court determined that the couple’s land does contain wetlands and thus can be regulated by the agency under the CWA.Handing a victory to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the court determined that the couple’s land does contain wetlands and thus can be regulated by the agency under the CWA.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2021-08-24T09:59:00-04:00August 25th, 2021|Comments Off

Texas bureaucrats beachfront land grab

The Texas General Land Office (GLO) threatened the property rights of coastal landowners by reclassifying the private properties as public beach.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2021-08-17T19:04:16-04:00August 12th, 2021|Comments Off

Biden’s 30 X 30 land grab

A little-noticed provision buried deep in President Biden’s January 27 executive order has emerged as one of the gravest threats facing ordinary Americans.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2021-07-27T10:42:02-04:00July 27th, 2021|Comments Off