American Stewards’ powerful new film called “Thrown to the Wolves,” documents the severe consequences of reintroducing the gray wolf in Colorado and the broader failures of the...
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Powering Down Property Values
Studies showing depressed property values near transmission lines accumulate Though research on high-voltage transmission lines and property values is not unanimous, a...
The Rise of Private Climate Scores—and a Call for a Congressional Investigation
A private climate-rating system is becoming embedded in America’s housing market, using scores based on speculative assumptions rather than observed history and raising questions...
When Process Becomes Punishment
Five Montana families become the face of America’s growing battle over environmental lawfare In a court case that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has described as an example...
The Left is Twisting the Data Center Debate
There are a lot of legitimate issues about data centers out there, in particular the lack of local input and decision-making, the abrogation of property rights and the effective...
Watchdog Asks Interior to Investigate Possible Misuse of Federal Grant Funds
The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA), a nonpartisan watchdog group, has filed a formal Inspector General complaint with the Department of the Interior seeking an...
In Texas, a Federal Loan, a Federal Policy, and Unanswered Questions
The U.S. Department of Energy has closed a $3.26 billion loan to AEP Texas, one of the principal developers of the controversial 765-kilovolt transmission network proposed for...
USDA, SBA Announce Partnership to Fight Weaponized Regulations
American Stewards of Liberty executive director Margaret Byfield joined administration officials and other stakeholders at a lawfare roundtable last week in Washington, D.C.,...
The Land Grab Georgia Thought It Stopped
This week we have Georgia on our minds, and railroads, too, but don’t think we’re heading out for a nice lunch of Fried Green Tomatoes at the WhistleStop Cafe. Instead, we’re...
Court Reasserts Presidential Authority Over Independent Agencies
In a 6-3 ruling last week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nearly century-old precedent established in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, returning what the court says...
America at 250: Private Property Made Liberty Possible
This week we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, and it is an infancy in some ways—we are a nation certainly not yet nearing retirement, and in many respects we are still...
From Property Rights to Personal Servitude
Out in Marin County, California, along the rich ranch land of the coast, Willie Benedetti spent four-and-a-half decades building and running his pride and joy—an iconic...
Before Taking More Water, Fix What Is Already Broken
Keith McNickle, whose family has lived along Rattlesnake Creek in Kansas since the late 1800s, now faces a prospect once thought unimaginable: His and his family’s land could be...
Data Center Fights are Being Won Locally
In Walterboro, South Carolina—also known as the “front porch” of the state’s famed lowcountry—the biggest event in town is usually the annual Rice Festival, simmering up tasty...
South Carolina Goes All In for 50-Percent Government Control of Land
If South Carolina legislators aren’t rushing enthusiastically to protect their state from unregulated data centers, they are far more thrilled with the notion of taking private...
Lee Takes on Administrative States’ Unconstitutional Tribunals
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has introduced legislation that would upend how certain disputes with the U.S. Department of the Interior are resolved by giving citizens and...
Cruz, Arrington Move to Codify Defeat of Muleshoe Land Grab
After helping defeat the Biden administration’s proposed expansion of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, American Stewards of Liberty is backing legislation by U.S. Sen. Ted...
Forced to Fight Without a Jury?
Washington ranchers Wade and Teresa King are fighting more than a wetlands enforcement action—they’re fighting for what they say is a fundamental constitutional right. Facing a...
ASL Seeks Pause on Determining Need for Transmission Line
As Robert Montoya of Texas Scorecard reports, American Stewards of Liberty has asked the Public Utility Commission of Texas to postpone determining whether four proposed 765-kV...
When Property Rights Go Up in Smoke
There’s something about a cigar lounge that the government simply does not like. Around the country, as demand for them increases, a growing number of entrepreneurs willing to...
USFWS Finalizes ESA Protection for Rusty-Patched Bumblebee
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has finalized habitat protection for the rusty patched bumble bee, designating some 1.5 million acres as critical habitat for the...
Study Urges Pause on 765-kV Transmission Lines
As Texas considers the proposed building of three 765-kilovolt transmission lines, a new study is challenging the underlying assumptions of one of the largest infrastructure...
GOP Divide Emerges Over Wind and Solar Subsidies
A small group of House Republicans recently moved to extend federal tax-credit support for wind, solar, hydrogen, and other favored alternative energy projects, even as other...
Trump Emergency Memorandum Prompts Fear in Pipeline States
A new Trump administration energy emergency determination designed to fast-track critical infrastructure projects primarily because of the war in Iran is raising concerns among...




























