 The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. The right to enjoy property without unlawful deprivation, no less than the right to speak or the right to travel, is in truth, a 'personal' right, whether the 'property' in question be a welfare check, a home, or a savings account. In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right in property. Neither could have meaning without the other. That rights in property are basic civil rights has long been recognized. United States Supreme Court, Lynch v. Household Finance, 1972 PROPERTY RIGHTS
12/09/09 PROPERTY RIGHTS Property Rights Case In Federal Court Vindicates Rancher Wayne Hage - Three Years After He Died Author of landmark book "Storm Over Rangelands" wins at last; his estate will be paid and the government will pay. The man who proved there are private rights in federal lands fought a tyrannical government and beat them. 04/23/09 Canadian premier punishes mill closure with Stalinist confiscation! In a totally unprecedented move, Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador premier, Danny Williams, is expropriating the resource rights and hydro assets of forestry company AbitibiBowater without compensation in revenge for the closing of a century-old mill with the loss of nearly 800 jobs. AbitibiBowater, a Delaware corporation with operations in the United States, Canada, and other countries, is suffering the same economic problems as the rest of the recession-wracked world. Williams and his government, quickly tagged "Stalinist" by free market defenders, have transferred AbitibiBowater's property to a recently created government corporation, Nalcor, evidently in the belief that their bureaucrats can do better than private enterprise. Read Newfoundland vs. AbitibiBowater? The Center is calling on President Barack Obama to impose sanctions on the provincial government because its seizure is in direct violation of NAFTA. "If NAFTA means anything to this administration," said Center Executive Vice President Ron Arnold, "President Obama can prove it by taking swift action to maintain the integrity of the trade agreement in the face of a renegade province in a traditionally lawful and benevolent nation." Arnold recommended measures that would affect only the government and not the citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador, such as revoking the U.S. entry visas of all government officials from the province, leaving ordinary citizens free to come and go. However, the Center has also issued an alert warning global businesses of the provincial government's potential for hostile action against any investments they may have or be considering in Newfoundland and Labrador. AbitibiBowater is defending itself with a NAFTA action. Read NATFA Notice of Intent (Word .doc document), and AbitibiNewsRelease (PDF document). Disclaimer: The Center has never received grants or any other type of benefit from AbitibiBowater. 09/06/08 Small landscaping business being brutalized by county bureaucrats. Carlos Cerna, 63, has been in the landscaping business in the Pacific Northwest for 41 years, but now his small firm is threatened with destruction by an out-of-control agency acting against a court ruling against illegal government intrusion in land use. 08/08/08 Washington State family wins eminent domain case against federal government The respected Colf family has farmed near Woodland, Washington for generations, but nearly lost its land to government predators who wanted it to "mitigate" widening the Columbia River for bigger ships. Chuck Cushman's American Land Rights Association urged people across the nation to pressure the government to stop.  07/23/08 Government Pirates: The Assault on Private Property Rights and How We Can Fight It Real estate developer and property rights expert Don Corace offers the first in-depth look at eminent domain abuse and other government regulations that are strangling the rights of property owners across America. Corace provides the hard facts about individual rights and offers invaluable advice for those whose property may be in danger. Congressman Paul Broun (R-10th District, Georgia) has announced the formation of the Property Rights Action Caucus. Visit his webpage at http://broun.house.gov/prac/index.shtml. Broun, although a freshman in the House of Representatives, is standing firm as a champion of property rights. Maine citizens oppose environmentalist takeover Northern Maine has long been the target of an ambitious foundation-funded plan to remove or regulate all private property in remote and vulnerable Washington County, including the state's unique "Unorganized Territories." The Downeast Coastal Press unfolded the story of county commissioners fighting back against a vicious and relentless anti-property agency known as LURC, the Land Use Regulation Commission. |
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