Municipal tree-cutting ordinances are more than a nuisance; they effectively seize the property impacted by the regulation. If a landowner wishes to remove a tree in order to construct an improvement—such as a backyard swing set—and cannot, that area has been taken by the government without any compensation.
Encampments are Not Speech
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. The recent events at universities like Columbia, UCLA, and Northwestern demonstrate why Governor Greg Abbott and University of Texas President Jay Hartzell were right to quickly and definitively prevent protesters...