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The U.S.-Mexico border fence stretches 14 miles inland separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in this March 27, 2006, file photo. The homes at left are in Tijuana. This section of became the western-most end of the fence when an additional 700 miles of non-contiguous fencing, was erected between California and Texas as a part of the Secure Fence Act. (AP/Lenny Ignelzi)

Texas Residents Brace For Border Wall Eminent Domain Battles

Iowans Make U-Turn Against Trump In Dakota Access Pipeline Fight

Besides suing to prevent the pipeline from deteriorating their land, Iowa farmers are challenging eminent domain law at-large to protect all lands from for-profit seizure.

December 16th, 2016
teleSUR
December 16th, 2016
By teleSUR
Dakota Access pipeline protesters march from the Polk County Courthouse to a public meeting space to hold a rally Dec. 15, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. The protests came after a judge heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by several Iowa landowners who challenge forceful taking of their land for the pipeline and challenge the state's permit process. (AP Photo/David Pitt)

Iowans who voted for Donald Trump will soon be fighting against him, as anti-establishment Iowans come to see his “true colors” on property rights, climate change and native sovereignty, environmentalist Ed Fallon, who has been leading the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Iowa, told teleSUR. Trump’s Cabinet appointments so far

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A Western Wrinkle On Eminent Domain

The county government, alarmed that the couple drives their ATV up an old mining road to the cabin, wants to take the Barrie’s land — and it’s doing so by claiming eminent domain.

February 17th, 2014
Associated Press
February 17th, 2014
By Associated Press
Andy and Ceil Barrie stand for a photo next to their mining cabin near Breckenridge, Colo. Summit County wants to condemn 10 acres of land that belongs to the Barrie's through the controversial power of eminent domain. (AP Photo/Nicholas Riccardi)

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) — The view from the deck of the small, century-old cabin was a dream come true for Andy and Ceil Barrie -- a sweeping panorama of 13,000 and 14,000-foot peaks towering above the forest of centuries-old bristlecone pines. It convinced the couple to buy a 3-bedroom home in a subdivision below, where they could live

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Texas Farmer Fights Foreign Corporation, Keystone XL Pipeline To Save Her Land

After TransCanada used eminent domain to seize her property, Julia Crawford sees the Texas Supreme Court as her last resort to save her land.

December 27th, 2013
Katie Rucke
December 27th, 2013
By Katie Rucke

Since 2008 Julia Trigg Crawford has been fighting to keep her 650-acre farm in Direct, Texas, from being transformed into another portion of the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada says it needs the land in order to connect the Gulf Coast portion of the pipeline with the Nebraska to Oklahoma portion of the pipeline, as well as to pump tar

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New Plan To Bail Out Underwater Mortgages Has Banks Panicked

A bold proposal from a California mayor could force lenders to the negotiating table across the country.

August 27th, 2013
Frederick Reese
August 27th, 2013
By Frederick Reese

Earlier this month, Mayor Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond, Calif., along with a band of activists and homeowners, arrived at downtown San Francisco with a singular purpose: to convince the CEO of Wells Fargo to drop a lawsuit against the city of Richmond. A city of about 100,000, Richmond finds its economic recovery efforts stymied by a continuing

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