Hi Steve, as you were just saying about Legality of Commandeerin....
SK> RT>SK> CH>The constitution (the source of your rights) does NOT
SK> RT>SK> CH>guarantee that  your property will not be seized or
SK> RT>SK> CH>commandeered.  It ONLY guarantees that your property will NOT
SK> RT>SK> be taken without just compensation. 
SK> 
SK> RT>SK> Please post that part in it's entirety. I'd sure like to see 
SK> RT>SK> it...considering it doesn't exist.
SK> 
SK> RT>Try the Just Compensation clause of the Fifth Amendment:
SK> 
SK> RT>".....nor shall private property be taken for public use without just
SK> RT>compensation."
SK> 
SK> But then, a cop taking a car isn't taking it for public use.
Sure is.  A police officer is a public servant.
SK> This clause has to do with eminent domain (you know, a freeway
SK> being  built through your property or such), not commandeering of
SK> vehicles. 
Excellent!  Originally, yes, but its meaning (along with about
everything else in the Constitution) has been extended.
RD 
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