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Catatonic
11-10-2009, 12:09 PM
My position is that the constitution does not authorize the federal government to enforce environmental regulation so it is not legal for the government to regulate what private property owners do with their property.

How about state governments? Is it considered an infringement on the liberty of a property owner if their state or local government passes environmental mandates? Would this be an instance when, per the founders' vision, the federal government is supposed to step in and put a stop state tyranny?