isn't the "right to own property" guarenteed bu the constitution?
95307
when the Declaration of Independence was first written, Ben Franklin wanted to put "life, liberty and persuit of property" as the truths held self-evident.  The other people who worked with him and signed the Declaration convinced him to change it to "persuit of happiness".
579119
The Bill of Rights is a part of the Constitution.
82162
Our constitution gives us the right to make fun of anybody or anything we want. Not that i agree with it but i will defend anyones right to say whatever they want about whomever they want.
357507
Since when does the government care about the Constitution? They have been slowly taking away your freedoms and liberties for several years in the name of Homeland Security. Why not bring you to your knees with excessive oil prices? Exxon made ten BILLION in profits in one quarter last year. Constitutional right or not, something must be done.
716014
Yes. But this has become a gray area, because it used to be that the Federal law was limited by the Constitution to certain areas, and denied the rest. However, this has changed, and the Federal government is now, and has been for decades, legislating on things they have absolutely no constitutional authority to be meddling with.\n\nAnd the majority of Americans think this is a good thing, which it isn't, and they fail to connect this usurpation of powers with the  fact that they feel their freedoms and rights are being taken away. Un-believable.
83270
Yes, while at least you are suppose to.Just think of th ebasic defination of Real Estate-\nReal Estate is a piece of land, including the air above it and the ground below it, and any buildings or structures on it \nIts called Mineral Rights-A mineral right is an interest in minerals in land, with or without ownership of the land surface. The right can be either to actually take the minerals out of the ground or to receive payment for the minerals taken out.\n\nOwnership of mineral rights can be separate from ownership of land; thus a person who owns a mineral right may not be the landowner. Included in a mineral right is the right to go onto the land in order to remove the minerals. Mineral rights can be leased or sold. A landowner who leases mineral rights often receives a royalty, which is a percentage of the value of the minerals that are mined by the leaseholder.\n\n\nThe state, of course, will try to take it.
703668
While a Constitution seems to be necessary, it is not sufficient by itself.  You need institutions that work too.
338047
The constitution of the United states is probably one of the most perfect documents written.  When it does not meet the needs of the people, it has a means to ammend it.  That is what makes it even more perfect.\n\nFor the Liberal's who do not like it's restrictions, get over it...  I have my weapons and I will keep them, thanks\n\nAs far as you thinking about Blacks not having rights then, you are right, but at that time in life, it was normal to have slaves.   Right or wrong, it was the way.   They came by later and corrected the mistake with an ammendment.  \n\nIf it was so imperfect, why is it copied all over the world?  Why have there been so few ammendments made??\n\nLess then 100 ammendments to any social fabric for as long as we have existed is amazing.  and we arent even 1/2 to 100 ....
9079
Yes, it is.  The Constitution gives the states the right to draw up there congressional districts.  The Democrats have used this tactic along with the Republicans
301487
The Constitution does not mention abortion. It does, however, guarantee you the right to privacy.
852345
It's not.  We've been led to believe that.  When you own the Judicial and Legislative branches too, you can do what you want.
1134231
Does the US constitution really give the right for INDIVIDUALS to bear arms, or are only militias given the right to bear arms.
761795
No.  I know this is a hard idea to grasp, but once you buy property you have the right to use it, lease it, or sell it to anyone you want.  You do not have the right to buy the property unless you have a contract that states you do or a 'right of first refusal' contract that says you have the right to buy at a price equal to an offer in the future.
491154
A written constitution is not as open to imterpretation by time and circumstance as an unwritten one. A favorite argument from the UK is that the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. is a relic of a time gone by, when in reality it remains the will of the majority of the American people today. When we want a change, we affect that change, like the 13th and 19th Amendments.
112407
The starting point really is Griswold v. Connecticut saying that the state has no right to regulate your childbearing decisions.  There's nothing in the constitution specifically saying that there's a right to privacy.  Courts have found that it exists in the "penumbra" or shadow of all explicit rights in the Constitution.  \n\nPeople who read the Constitution literally word for word say that the word "privacy" doesn't appear in the Constitution and that the framers of the constitution according to the "plan of the convention" - code word for the mores of the 18th century - never intended for there to be a right to privacy.  This is the battleground on which some people want to attack the continued viability to constitutional protection for abortion rights under Roe v Wade, which ultimately is founded on an extension of the Griswold right to privacy (right to reproduce without state regulation or interference).
1088675
Not according to the constitution.
212764
It is not legal to occupy someone else's property. There is, however the doctrine of adverse possession that provides that if someone has actual, visible, hostile, notorious, exclusive, and continuous possession of the property and possibly makes a claim to the title without being opposed for a long enough period of time, the person owns the property. The way this all plays out varies quite a bit by jurisdiction, but the doctrine is part of our common law and thus is possible in any state. In general, this does not apply to government land.