SPECIAL REPORT: Overhaul of Clean Water Act ripped by opponents as one of the boldest land-grab attempts ever

December 14, 2009
FOXNews

Upwards of 40% of all land in the United States is already under some form of government control or ownership -- 800 million to 900 million acres out of America's total 2.2 billion acres. (Go to map)

The government now appears poised to wield greater control over private property on a number of fronts. The battle over private property rights has intensified since 2005, when the Supreme Court ruled in the Kelo v. City of New London case that the government could take property from one group of private landowners and give it to another.

Photo: Dec. 9: Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., talks with Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Arizona Sen. John McCain in a Senate hallway. (AP)

Outraged over that ruling and a series of recent efforts by government to wield greater control over private property, citizens are fighting back. Fox News' Shannon Bream takes a fair and balanced look at the controversy in a three-part series.