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To: SoFloFreeper

Where does it say “Right to Private Property” in the Constitution.


12 posted on 10/14/2008 8:10:58 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: mosaicwolf

Somewhere I read that in the phrase “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” (Declaration, not Constitution), the “pursuit of happiness” part originally said something about a right to private property. It was evidently removed because northern representatives at the time were afraid that that would be interpreted as a right to another type of (then) private property, that is, slaves.


16 posted on 10/14/2008 9:22:20 AM PDT by Sigurdrifta
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