Supreme Court Won't Take Up Eminent Domain Case After Land Owners Had Property Taken Without Compensation
A Pipeline company that previously used federal power to install a project without compensating the owner of the private land, has been engaged in a lawsuit that property owners hoped would make it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Unfortunately though, the court has recently refused to intervene in the matter, but those behind the fight for justice aren't giving up just yet.
“Today’s decision leaves in place a process that systematically disadvantages property owners whose land is taken for pipeline construction, and we are committed to seeing that process dismantled,” - Attorney S. Gedge
Through the process of eminent domain it has enabled both the government and private companies to violate the property rights of innocent people.
The government had given Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company the go-ahead to build their pipeline through various states.
Included in that project however, was the plan to build the pipeline through a 72-acre property without providing the owner just compensation for the land.
It has been years since that pipeline was built and they still haven't seen a single dime in compensation.
These private companies thanks to government help, have been known to consistently abuse this power because the courts don't take action against this sort of injustice.
Those who are currently helping to fight on behalf of the property owners, assert that trying to defend their rights is more akin to a marathon, than a sprint, and they are dedicated to fighting for their rights no matter how long it takes.
Wow. That is insane. Who gives them the right? Who really is the government that makes its own stupid laws.
I'm sorry, but the world would be so much better off without the government. At least that is what I think.
They are only here to have power, make stupid laws which they change whenever they want, and they steal and abuse the people, especially the poor people who can't fight them.
So glad to hear that people are standing up for their rights and even if it takes a very long time, we as people have to fight for our rights.
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Yet again, the Constitution is set aside when it is convenient for the political class.
I am kinda baffled by folks that look at eminent domain and comprehend that government allows their property to be taken as theft, but do not grasp that theft is the underlying basis for government entirely. What do they expect? Taxation is theft. Government is nothing but a gang that they agree has their authority over them and their property and is dependent on taking their assets.
I am sure they would recognize the futility of asking a mugger to return their wallet. Adding a bunch of rhetoric to the holdup doesn't essentially modify the transaction, and voting for one mugger over another doesn't either. What does modify the transaction is being armed, and being nominally capitalized potentiates aiming muggers at the assets of others instead of yours. It's called lobbying.
Going to court against a mugger you have authorized to prey on you is just begging the mugger for mercy. Hope that works for them, but I'm not going to hold my breath until they get some compensation for the assets they have lost. This is a good example of why folks with higher IQ tend to attain greater success.