[moehoward]

“Public use v. Private use. This is comparing apples to oranges.”

He’s for Keystone too. That is most certainly not “public”.

[JediJones]

Energy is public policy. That’s why we have a strategic petroleum reserve. We need cheap availability of energy to support potential military endeavors.

[PA-LU Student]

Who is for Keystone, Trump or Cruz.
If you are referring to Cruz where has he said that eminent domain should be used to complete the Keystone Pipeline. I haven’t heard anything, course I am a college student with a busy schedule so I might have missed it.

[vbmoneyspender]

Keystone could be considered a public use because it is a common carrier, much like power lines are considered appropriate takings under the 5th Amendment. And it is noteworthy that the entity which sued in the Kelo case to prevent the taking at issue their has taken no position on the Keystone pipeline:

http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/07/donald-trump-jeb-bush-eminent-domain-and

But Steven Anderson, the Institute for Justice's managing vice president [which was the libertarian public-interest firm behind the Kelo case], told ThinkProgress that the group’s focus is on making sure eminent domain is reserved for "traditional public uses," and that it does not currently take a position on pipelines in general or Keystone XL in particular. Instead, he said, the group focuses on "“obvious private to private transfers."

[dschapin]

Pipelines are infrastructure projects that are directly tied to national security.