Texans have a categorical right to adequate compensation when their land is taken under eminent domain. SB 474 breaks down the biggest cost barrier that denies Texans equal access to the courts and deters them from challenging the undervaluation of their condemned property.
Property Rights
Oakland fined this couple $915,000 for preventing fires. That’s 18 times the penalty for actual arson
Imagine buying a piece of property, being ordered by the government to clear it of fire hazards, and then being handed a near-million-dollar bill by that same government for doing exactly what it asked. It sounds like a dystopian satire of bureaucratic overreach, but for Matthew Bernard and Lynn Warner, it is a harrowing legal...
August 19, 2026