Our courts can, and frequently DO tell the rest of the government what to do over here as well.

Now you have raised an interesting wrinkle. If the pipeline is going in on land 'adjacent' to theirs, tough luck. All I'm saying is that if the government reserves the right to come in and grant right of way priveleges to a 3rd party for economic gain of the 3rd party, the whole concept of private property means nothing.

Make no mistake about it, when the government resorts to this sort of thing, they're nationalizing resources, right up there with the most corrupt banana republics out there. This case actually isn't all that different than the landmark case here in the US, when SCOTUS announced your proprety rights are null and void, and your property is really available, at whim to your local government.