That does not sound like we the peeples actually own anything.
I believe that because the peeples never really bitched about these things that it has emboldened the left and has resulted in this horrible, disgusting ruling.
Just watch what happens in the coming months and years in the name of the 'public good'. Property confiscation will start under the pretense of expanding the tax base for the common good.
But it will not stop there. Next, property will be confiscated, stolen, seized by government for enviromental reasons.
Next, it will be for beautification.
Next, well, never underestimate the left in what they can do.
Sorry, but I will stand my ground on my property. If they ever try to seize it, they will have to do so over my dead body. I know I probably will not win, but I will take a few down with me.
Roger Hedgecock said on Rush's show that the property owners in CA better get ready to move. Their taxes were frozen by Prop 13, so any excuse to take the property and give it to some other entity that will pay more taxes is now "the common good." The same holds true for church property everywhere that currently is not taxed at all. The time will come when churches will be bumped off their land if Pfizer, Walmart, or Bank of America want the location and will pay taxes on it.