WE MUST GET BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION, RIGHT NOW!

Not a single one of us can afford not to rally behind this bill introduced by Senator Cornyn. It is how we reverse that infamous Supreme Court decision of 23 June 2005, which abolished property rights (and rights, period). We cannot expect the legislators of today to see deeper than the literal words on the Constitution, but that they can get that far should delight us. Let's take this because it will accomplish the overthrow of that SCOTUS decision!

WRITE, EMAIL, PHONE, WHATEVER, your Representatives and Senators.

Outrage Lingers Over Property Rights Ruling -- 06/28/2005, By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com Senior Editor, June 28, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - ...[A] property rights ruling handed down last week still has many Americans shaking their heads -- including some lawmakers, who plan to do something about it.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) has introduced a bill, the Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2005, in response to last week's 5-4 decision in Kelo v. City of New London .

The Cornyn legislation, introduced Monday, would prohibit transfers of private property without the owner's consent if federal funds were used; and if the transfer was for purposes of economic development rather than public use.

"It is appropriate for Congress to take action...to restore the vital protections of the Fifth Amendment and to protect homes, small businesses, and other private property rights against unreasonable government use of the power of eminent domain," Cornyn said.

In remarks on the Senate floor Monday, Cornyn said the protection of homes, small businesses, and other private property rights against government seizure is "a fundamental principle and core commitment of our nation's Founders." He noted that the Fifth Amendment specifically provides that "private property" shall not "be taken for public use without just compensation." The Fifth Amendment, he emphasized, permits government to seize private property only "for public use."

Sen. Cornyn currently chairs the Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, and in the last Congress he was chairman of the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights subcommittee. A former Texas Supreme Court justice, Texas attorney general, and Bexar County District judge, Cornyn is the only former judge on the Judiciary Committee.

(Emphases mine)