COMMENTARY

The Tyranny of the Endangered Species Act
By Tom DeWeese

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the worst, most destructive, and most powerful law ever to come out of Congress (with the possible exception of the federal income tax law). For 32 years the ESA has robbed property owners of their land, killed jobs, destroyed whole industries, and created a government tyranny that would have had our founding fathers in the trenches, locked and loaded. But legislation intended to fix the ESA will give the federal government even greater power to take private property... Full Details