The company trying to build a carbon-capture pipeline through South Dakota has not yet proven it should be allowed to take private land for public use, according to a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling issued Thursday.

Landowners who oppose the project hailed the decision as a victory, but the company expressed confidence it could go back to lower courts and prove its case.

When I was a child I was constantly taught that if you do something right the first time you don’t have to do it over again. I didn’t always listen at first but soon I learned it was much easier to get it right from the start.

But since Governor Pillen couldn’t get it right during the regular session of the Unicameral he has uprooted the lives of State Senators to hold a special session for property tax reform.