To: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Donald Trump
Stop Eminenent Domain Abuse
We support a law that allows the exercise of the power of eminent domain to be used only for projects built by a political subdivision of the United States or a state, that are to be owned and run by that political subdivision at no profit.
Why is this important?
The use of the power of eminent domain to seize private citizens' property to serve corporate interests is wrong. A public purpose must be defined as something more than increasing tax revenues. This has led to abuse by private companies, such as the energy companies seizing private property to put in things such as gas transmission lines to benefit only themselves. Protect our right to the undisturbed ownership of property owned by individual citizens! I am starting this petition because my property is being taken for a gas pipeline operated purely for profit. There is not even a guarantee that the gas will be used in the US! This is just plain wrong, and the Supreme Court decision supporting this needs to be addressed by a law or Constitutional Amendment that stops this abuse.