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Article: Intellectual property and the property rights movement: should intellectual property be accorded the same protections as tangible forms of property?(RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT)
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- September 22, 2007
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The property rights movement (PRM) has taken active interest in several Supreme Court cases over the past few years. It was hardly surprising to see PRM activists mobilize in support of Susette Kelo, whose home was condemned by the city of New London. She argued that condemning her property to convey it to a private developer did not constitute "public use" and hence violated her constitutional rights. Ms. Kelo's plight fell squarely within PRM's core agenda of safeguarding the liberty interests of property owners against governmental interference. Nor was it surprising to see PRM organizations mobilize in Rapanos v. United States, involving the scope of federal authority ...