Does TransCanada owe $350,000 in lawyers’ fees in eminent domain cases? Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments
“Lawyers were in court Tuesday arguing about a case involving the Keystone XL pipeline, but the debate was over legal fees, not whether the $8 billion project should be built. That second issue —…
No, Eminent Domain Is Not an ‘Obscure Legal Issue’
“Eminent domain is not an obscure issue unless you’ve never had to pay any attention to municipal government, where it comes up frequently. What is unusual, though, is that it is indeed an issue being…
TransCanada Is Seizing People’s Land To Build Keystone, But Conservatives Have Been Dead Silent
“For Julia Trigg Crawford, watching TransCanada construct the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline on a corner of her 600-acre farm was “gut-wrenching.” Crawford, who lives in Direct, Texas, had been trying since 2011…
Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
“The White House has notified the Senate that President Obama has, as promised, vetoed congressional legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. “Through this bill, the United States Congress attempts to circumvent longstanding and…
Fight over Keystone XL continues, landowners vow to fight until very end
“TransCanada has until mid January to acquire the land needed to build the Keystone XL Pipeline through Nebraska. A new offer from the company is on the table for landowners. For Nebraska farmers and ranchers,…
TransCanada moving ahead with talks with landowners
“As a Nebraska Supreme Court decision on the future of the Keystone XL pipeline looms, representatives from the project are moving ahead in talks with landowners along the route. Under LB 1161, the law that…
TransCanada sends landowners letter about eminent domain
“While Corey Goulet, president of the Keystone XL Pipeline project for TransCanada, traveled around Nebraska to talk with certain groups and media companies, the company was also sending letters to landowners about starting the eminent…
Jon Stewart Rips Republicans for Position on Eminent Domain
“Republicans have been pushing for approval on the Keystone Pipeline project, which would require American citizens to give up hundreds of miles of private property Eminent domain allows the government to forcibly buy private land…
Keystone East: Not as Reasonable as Reason Thinks
“The Keystone XL pipeline is something no libertarian can support if consistency with free market principles matters. But that doesn’t stop a lot of right-leaning self-proclaimed libertarians from instinctively defending it — after all, anything…
HEARTLAND STANDS UP TO KEYSTONE
“The fight against the Keystone pipeline is focused this week on a bunch of farmers in Nebraska whose lawsuit thus far has won a round in state court, delayed a decision by President Barack Obama…