Individual property rights trump Keystone XL in Nebraska

Published February 22, 2014 5:00am ET



Should a Canadian corporation be allowed to take land rights from a small Nebraska rancher? Should conservatives side with Big Government and Canadians over private landowners?

A court in Nebraska has put the brakes on the Keystone XL pipeline in a case that started with land rights. The plaintiffs were landowners in Keystone’s path who didn’t want to sell, and so became victims of eminent domain to benefit Keystone.

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