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To: AdamSelene235
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Maybe I missed something in the writings here but I did not notice where the government was taking his property for public use.
42 posted on 09/17/2003 12:21:33 PM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: GrandEagle
Maybe I missed something in the writings here but I did not notice where the government was taking his property for public use.

Dictating the terms of use is a regulatory taking.

Would you argue you "owned" your shoes if you were not allowed to put them on and had to pay $25 a year to keep them from being seized?

43 posted on 09/17/2003 12:24:20 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
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