BREAKING: Victory for landowners! Judge rules law that fast-tracked Keystone XL route in Nebraska is unconstitutional. Under the courts ruling, TransCanada has no approved route in Nebraska, said landowners attorney Dave Domina. “TransCanada is not authorized to condemn the property against Nebraska landowners. The pipeline project is at a standstill in this state. Bold Nebraskas Jane Kleeb: Citizens won today. We beat a corrupt bill that Gov. Heineman and the Nebraska Legislature passed in order to pave the way for a foreign corporation to run roughshod over American landowners, said Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb, in reaction to the decision in Thompson v. Heineman that found LB 1161 — the law that fast-tracked approval of the Keystone XL pipeline route in Nebraska — to be unconstitutional. We look forward to the Public Service Commission giving due process to a route that TransCanada will have to now submit to this proper regulatory body in Nebraska. TransCanada learned a hard lesson today, never underestimate the power of family farmers and ranchers protecting their land and water. Nebraska landowner and plaintiff Susan Dunavan: The success in challenging the constitutionality of LB1161 shows that our elected officials must be held accountable for their actions. Laws must be passed to protect the land, water and landowners rights regarding eminent domain and the right to due process. I commend Judge Stacy for her diligence in examining the serious issues of this case and applaud her for upholding citizens rights given by them by the Nebraska State Constitution. Nebraska rancher and plaintiff Suz Straka: I thank Judge Stacey and Dave Domina, our legal team for defending and knowing our constitutional rights. It saddens me that Gov Heinemen, Jon Bruning and Senator Jim Smith have half a brain to think we would stand by and let them take the law into their own hands. This is an immense victory against eminent domain for every rancher, farmer, and citizen this bill would have negatively affected. Nebraska rancher and plaintiff Randy Thompson: First of all I would like to express my gratitude to all of the people who have helped make this action possible, and I want to give a special thanks to our legal team of David Domina and Brian Jorde for doing an outstanding job of representing us in this case. They came out here like a bunch of bullies and tried to force it down our throats. They told us there was nothing we could do to stop it.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:01:24 +0000
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