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The Property Rights Report
- Dr. Dan's Freedom Forum -
Our Government Is Deliberately Burning Forests |
In Their Own Words
"There can be little doubt that any significant new effort to conserve biological resources will require a strong federal role. Yet, it is equally certain that major federal initiatives in this area will be controversial. Land use is traditionally a matter of state and local concern, and an expanded federal role in this field will raise serious federalism concerns. Because the externalized effects of land-use decisions were once thought to be principally, if not exclusively, local in nature, federal intrusion into land use matters was generally regarded as unwise and contrary to the spirit of our federalist structure, if not flatly proscribed by the Constitution. An expansive federal biodiversity policy is sure to challenge this traditional understanding." Cornell Law Review - BIODIVERSITY AND LAND, Bradley C. Karkkainen 1997 |
No person shall be ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (Fifth Amendment - U.S. Constitution)
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