Seattle uses eminent domain to turn a parking lot into a parking lot

10-25-2013 • watchdog.org

Seattle’s city council voted unanimously Monday to use eminent domain to take private property.

Rampant Eminent Domain Abuse In Philadelphia Neighborhood

10/7/2013 • Stateless Statements

In the city of Philadelphia, a group of property owners are rightfully outraged by the local government’s attempts to forcibly confiscate their rightfully-owned land through the use of eminent domain laws. These property seizures are being conducted

DHS Seizing Property From Landowners To Build Surveillance Towers

09-03-2013 • http://govtslaves.info, KGUN 9

The feds’ are exercising eminent domain along the Mexico border– buying up property- but paying very little for it. Landowners in Santa Cruz county are livid.

The New Bailout Begins: Eminent Domain Is Upon Us

07-31-2013 • zerohedge.com

While one can have sympathy for the over-levered, underwater homeowners that took free-money with both hands and feet as house prices surged in the mid-2000s (just like they are now) but the latest moves to 'save' people from themselves in the city o

City Subcontractor Demolished Wrong House

07-17-2013 • CBS News

Imagine driving up to your home – or vacation home – and realizing it’s not there. It happened in the Lake Worth section of Fort Worth last Friday when a city subcontracted demolition crew took down the wrong house.

Eminent Domain in Philadelphia: "I don't need consent"

06-11-2013 • The International Libertarian

"I don't need consent" is what Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez of Philadelphia said about the seizure of property she is pushing. She also said that something being legal makes it moral.

Chicken Man kills himself after long fight with Roswell, GA government officials

03-27-2012 • Offgrid Survival

Somewhat dated, this is one of those stories that often never makes it to the Front Page of any newspaper or website. It’s a story about Property Rights and Eminent domain. It’s the story of one man who tried to fight back; and sadly it’s the story o

Pay $150,000 to exercise property rights?

01-17-2013 • WND

The non-profit group is asking the Supreme Court “to make it clear that the Constitution forbids any kind of shakedown in the permitting process: money grabs (such as the Koontz family was hit with) are just as unconstitutional as land grabs.”

Floating home is not vessel, Supreme Court says

01-16-2013 • Washington Post

The city of Riviera Beach, Fla., trying to evict Lozman, declared it a “vessel” and used maritime law to win a judgment against the former Marine. The city bought the floating home when it was being auctioned to satisfy the judgment and destroyed it.

Using Eminent Domain to Personally Benefit the Mayor Is Unconstitutional

01-10-2013 • .

It’s hard to imagine that government abuse of the Takings Clause could get any worse than that, but one such unfortunate case has arisen in Guam — which, as a U.S. territory, is covered by the Constitution.

The Attorney For Freedom Show #2

12-14-2012 • KQCK Radio

The Attorney For Freedom Show 12-13-12 on KQCK Live Radio with special guests Ernest Hancock and Butler Shaffer.

The Attorney For Freedom Show

12-13-2012 • Mike Wasdin

Tune in to today's Attorney For Freedom Show on KQCK Live at 1:00 pm MST. Marc's guests today will be Professor Butler Shaffer and Ernest Hancock.

Couple faces $97K in fines for using their own driveway

12-03-2012 • .

The Grays obtained permission from a Clearcreek to use their residential driveway to get to buildings on the Montgomery County portion of their land. The buildings house the Grays’ storage and landscaping businesses. But following complaints from nei

In the matter of the United States of America v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton

08-27-2012 • The Agitator

Federal civil asset forfeiture complaint in the matter of United States of America v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton. This is an unusual case as the government’s case nakedly asserts, with no supporting evidence, that

Is the Continued Prosecution of Robert Adams Part of a Land Grab?

08-23-2012 • The Agitator

In my previous post about how the Sacramento Co. District Attorney continues to push the prosecution of Robert Adams for child molestation even though there is no evidence, I said it was part of the typical “bleed ‘em and plead ‘em” strategy employed

Would you give the government remote control over your router?

08-22-2012 • Ars Technica

Wireless routers already support a technology that might make the idea feasible—creation of guest networks that home owners can use to grant visitors access to the Internet. But the proposal—laid out in a new paper in the peer-reviewed International

Family loses 120-year claim to land near Tempe

08-12-2012 • Arizona Republic

In 1892, 20 years before Arizona became a state, a pioneer family settled a dusty patch of desert along the Salt River near what is now Tempe Beach Park. Through the decades, that land passed from one generation down to the next.

Utah wants to Register Gardens! Agenda 21?

08-12-2012 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

The State of Utah wants citizens to register their gardens to keep track of food resources. (Video)

New Jersey Town Rips Up Working-Class Neighborhood For Private Developers

08-01-2012 • Huffington Post

Santos Cruz still remembers the first time he heard the demolition crews. "They came without any warning at 6 a.m. outside my home," he said in a recent interview with The Huffington Post. "The ground started shaking and there was a tremendous amount

Norfolk, Virginia, While Abusing Eminent Domain, Attempts To Silence Free Speech

06-24-2012 • .

They commissioned a 375-square-foot banner and hung it on their building to protest the taking. The banner worked. Almost immediately, Central Radio started getting calls and letters of support from Norfolk-area residents

Your bomb shelter could let the gov't seize your home

05-09-2012 •

It seems that Mr. Del Rio had an underground bunker, and apparently in Austin, Texas that enough to have the SWAT team storm your home and hold you at gun point.

The Global Land Grab

02-20-2012 • by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)

In Vietnam, Peter Doan Van Vuon, a farmer who fought back when police came to confiscate his farm, is widely regarded as a hero. His neighbors have actually considered building a statue in his honor. In the United States, he would almost certainly be