[sperry]

Originally Posted by ScottyS

I wonder how that ruling will be applied in the future to Federal Agency/Developer land swaps that are becoming ever more popular in Nevada (or the exponentially-increasing "Wilderness" creation/designation on mixed private/public lands).

Thomas Jefferson originally drafted "life, liberty, and property", but the final version came out as "pursuit of happiness". Why, Tom, why?

Maybe Jefferson realized that slavery was bullshit and figured he didn't want to end up having to furnish all his ex-slaves w/ property if slaves were emancipated within in his lifetime?