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Barney Frank: One thing that not only Barney Frank, Ms. Barnes and also Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice O'Connor agreed on is that that…

On the recordMarch 29, 2017
One thing that not only Barney Frank, Ms. Barnes and also Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice O'Connor agreed on is that that Kelo decision stripped those three words out of the Fifth Amendment, 'for public use.'
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank discusses the impact of the Kelo decision on property rights.

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