Use of eminent domain to seize privately owned land has the potential to affect thousands of Virginians every day.

It’s been almost three years since a U.S. Supreme Court decision made people realize their American dreams literally could be snatched right out from under them. 

Edd Jennings, a Wythe County beef producer, looks at once-productive alfalfa fields on his farm that are no longer useable due to sinkholes a local utility company created when it installed a natural gas pipeline. He also worries about the possibility of that line leaking into the New River, which borders his property.