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Proposition 207

On June 23, 2005, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized the theft of private property. With the 5-4 decision on the case of Kelo vs. New London, it is now permissible for the government to seize private property from one individual and turn it over to another private body in the hope of realizing financial gain. Seeking to protect the citizenry from this from this landmark decision, many states have already passed legislation to prevent such sanctioned larceny. All but two states that lack freshly enacted Kelo laws have placed ballot propositions in the 2006 general elections aimed to countermand the disastrous court decision. Fortunately for the constituency, Arizona is one of the states that have decided to put this issue to a vote of the people. Proposition 207 must pass in order to protect Arizona from this type of immoral and despicable government encroachment on basic liberties.
Governments have long since been obligated to take property under the clause of......


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