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This crushing decision will fall heaviest on the owners of small, older homes, whose property will be grabbed for "development." Liberal's true faces have been thus exposed by the majority opinion. So much for helping " the little guy" !

p>There is no recourse for the American citizen but to withhold any support or patronage of the new building on the sites of the evicted homeowner. br> -- Julie Weber br> Spring Branch, Texas /p>

Couldn't agree more. The only way to assure preservation of property now is by constitutional amendment. I humbly offer the following:

Amendment XXVIII

Section 1. The right of the people to acquire and retain property shall not be infringed. No Law, Rule or Finding shall issue that diminishes the rights or value of property by its rightful owner. Neither Congress nor the Courts shall promulgate any Law, Rule or Finding contrary to the rights thereto.

Section 2. Neither the President nor Congress shall offer or approve any Treaty, Compact or Executive Order contrary to the rights enumerated by this Amendment.

Section 3. Public use is defined as the use of property for communal use, not for profit. No political subdivision shall acquire property beyond the confines of pubic use without the consent of the governed by majority vote and just compensation. No political subdivision shall thru sale, leasehold or other financial manipulation transfer property or its use, to a private party without the consent of the governed by majority vote.

Section 4. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

p>Just my sense of what needs to be done. br> --

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