Foreign Company Tries To Seize U.S. Land For Keystone Pipeline
“TransCanada, a foreign company based in Alberta, Canada decided to use an amendment to the United States Constitution to seize private American citizens’ property to avoid regulators and build the controversial Keystone Pipeline (USNews).
This should scare you. It certainly scares me.
But it didn’t work. This time.
On Wednesday, Lancaster County District Judge Stephanie Stacy of Nebraska struck down a State law that would have allowed TransCanada to use the power of Eminent Domain to seize private land to help construct a short 300-mile segment of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline between Cushing and Steele City, Nebraska. Judge Stacy declared the law unconstitutional.
The law in question, LB 1161, allows Nebraska Governor David Heineman and TransCanada to avoid regulators in siting a crucial portion of the pipeline.”
Conca, James. Forbes 24 February 2014.