Democrat Senator on Trump’s Enthusiasm for Eminent Domain: ‘Language You’d Expect Out of Some Autocrat’
“Amid the debate over President Donald Trump’s use of a national emergency to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the issue of eminent domain often doesn’t get the attention it deserves. While Reps….
In 2016, Trump said he would use eminent domain to build the wall
“With President Trump and congressional Democrats still at odds over funding a southern border wall, the president continues to float the possibility of declaring a national emergency to secure money for it, a proposition…
Texas landowners preparing to fight eminent domain over proposed border wall
“Some landowners with property along the U.S.-Mexico border are preparing legal challenges with the expectation that the Trump administration will use eminent domain to seize land for construction of the president’s planned border wall….
Texas landowners dig in to fight Trump’s border wall
“As President Donald Trump makes his way to vist the border in Texas to present his case for his $5.7 billion wall, landowner Eloisa Cavazos says she knows firsthand how the project will play…
Podcast on the use of eminent domain to take private property for Trump’s great wall
“I recently did a short podcast for the Cato Institute on the dangers of using eminent domain to seize the large amounts of private property that would be needed to build Donald Trump’s proposed wall…
Trump’s Border Wall Means Seizing Private Land
“Donald Trump’s proposed border wall will require one of the largest seizures of private property in recent American history. Ilya Somin discusses the complicating factors.” read the entire article Somin, Ilya and Caleb O. Brown….
Pipeline protesters vow ‘huge fight’ against Trump
“Dakota Access pipeline protest group Bold Iowa bashed action taken by President Trump Tuesday to expedite completion of the controversial pipeline, as well as re-start the Keystone Pipeline. Trump’s executive order will allow work to…
Donald Trump’s Achilles Heel: Eminent Domain Property Seizure
“Donald Trump’s presidential platform mirrors almost perfectly the opinions of the Tea Party movement. But there’s one major difference between Trump’s views and those of conservatives: Trump supports broad application of eminent domain. That’s the…
How an obscure legal issue has found its way into the GOP race
“In a Republican primary that has been dominated by sound bites, a complicated legal issue has found its way to the fore of the campaign: eminent domain. The procedure allowing governments to seize land for…