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Committee today. Rather than rehash all of those i will refer back to those, it will cause me to vote against this nominee. She is undoubtedly a very bright lawyer she has had a successful career. I none of us have concerns about her willingness to stand as an independent evaluation of the legality and constitutionality of the administrations actions have caused me great concern. I hoped and expected my concerns would be alleviated during the hearings. They were intensified at that hearing and that is a source of disappointment to me. Has for bills that are under consideration today, in the la...

The stakes just got higher in the costly battle between hundreds of landowners along the Missouri River and the federal government.

Judge: Government Must Pay Lower Missouri River Landowners for Flood Damage December 23, 2020 The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species, a judge has ruled. The ruling this week by Senior Judge Nancy Firestone, with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, could cost the government millions of dollars and increase the cost of protecting endangered species, The Omaha World-Herald reported. “This is a big deal,” sa...

December 23, 2020 By David Murray The judge in the Ideker Farms Missouri River “takings” case has ordered the Corps of Engineers to pay a group of landowners along the Missouri River for flood damages due to the Corps’ actions in creating structures to protect endangered species as part of the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP). The plaintiffs contended that those structures weakened the Corps’ flood control mission and directly caused flooding that damaged their property between 2004 and 2014. A judge agreed with th...

Feds ordered to pay for flood damage on lower Missouri River OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species, a judge has ruled. The ruling last week by Senior Judge Nancy Firestone, with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, could cost the government millions of dollars and increase the cost of protecting endangered species, The Omaha World-Herald reported.