My state (which has a republican majority in both state houses) passed a bill within the last year and a half that allows oil and gas companies to essentially commandeer another's property and start drilling or doing any other number of things on the property so long as 51% of the interest holders sign off on it. Typically, they'd have to go to court to have partition suits or something like that. Or they'd have to jump through hoops to try and locate all the interest holders, and if they couldn't, again go to court to get a determination.

Now, so long as just over half of the owners are cool with it, it's tough crap for the others. It's doesn't even matter if the other owners even know about it.

I can certainly see where one would disagree, but I personally believe this is a 14th amendment violation. You have the state passing legislation allowing a private entity to deprive a property owner of their property interest without due process. I certainly think it would be an interesting argument to make.

At any rate, the most infuriating thing about this law is that not a single person who votes could conceivably think this is a good thing. This is purely oil and gas lobbyists paying off senators to push a bill through that makes their lives easier. They can make their money quicker, and don't have to spend any in legal fees in going to court.