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Article: REPS. CHABOT, GORDON INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 16, 2006
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Rep. Steven J. Chabot, R-Ohio (1st CD), issued the following press release:
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee, and Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) today introduced bipartisan legislation to restore the constitutional rights of private property owners. The Private Property Rights Implementation Act will ensure that a citizen with a legitimate federal claim under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause will have access to federal courts - the same right enjoyed by citizens claiming violations of other constitutional rights.
"Through a series of decisions, the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the property rights protections that most Americans believed were ...