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June 11, 2008
Rancher Wins Claim against Forest Service Thugs
At last a little good news:
A judge awarded more than $4.2 million to a late Nevada rancher's estate after finding that the U.S. Forest Service engaged in an unconstitutional "taking" of water rights out of hostility to the rancher, a property rights activist.
Wayne Hage bought the Pine Creek Ranch in central Nevada in 1978. Forest Service goons soon began to harass him about his federal grazing permit, which they eventually canceled. U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Loren Smith ruled that this violated the Fifth Amendment clause against expropriating property without just compensation.
The government had demanded that Hage maintain ditches using only hand tools, so that he was unable to irrigate his 7,000-acre ranch.
Next, moonbats might decide that General Motors has to make cars using only plastic tools from Fisher-Price.
Unfortunately Hage didn't live to savor his victory; he died two years ago. Having theoretically infinite financial resources, the government might appeal.
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 11, 2008 9:19 AM
Comments
Every little property-rights victory counts but, the government's desire for land is boundless and it's pursuit of it is relentless. Nobody's property, regardless how small or insignificant, is safe as long as pasty, handwringing bureaucrats sit around plotting ways around the Constitution.
Posted by: Ed at June 11, 2008 9:46 AM
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3396208,00.html?maca=en-aa-top-861-rdf
Ireland decides the fate of Europe tomorrow on Lisbon Treaty Referendum. But don't worry, if the Irish vote no, the EU will just demand another vote until the get it right!
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/163-europe-wipes-britain-off-the-map/
Posted by: mandy at June 11, 2008 12:48 PM
http://endofmen.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/why-ireland-should-vote-no-to-the-lisbon-treaty/#comments
This is good explanation
Posted by: mandy at June 11, 2008 1:09 PM
No matter what the Irish do tomorrow, the EU will march on, relentlessly. Still, it'd be fun to see the Irish poke a finger in the EU's eye tomorrow. Just for the fun of it, with low expectations that it would make any difference.
Posted by: mega at June 11, 2008 1:25 PM
No matter what the Irish do tomorrow, the EU will march on, relentlessly.
No doubt, they're already making threats.
Not that the Euro's are going down without a fight...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw7XwexR2ec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JJlI9swbsA
Posted by: Rob Banks at June 11, 2008 5:22 PM
