Sherwood Boehlert: “the voters of Arizona rejected this. If the bill passes it will reverse decisions of very conservative members of the…”

“the voters of Arizona rejected this. If the bill passes it will reverse decisions of very conservative members of the Supreme Court of the United States. In a 1993 decision, Chief Justice Rhenquist and Justice Scalia and every member of the Supreme Court reaffirmed 2 basic Fifth amendment principles. Takings can only be decided based on the impact on an overall parcel of property, not just the affected portion. And, and this is extremely important, particularly to this debate, Justice Rhenquist, Justice Scalia, and every member of the Supreme Court said diminution in the value of property is insufficient to demonstrate a taking. I think the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter] is taking a very reasoned approach to a problem we all acknowledge, and I would urge that we follow his lead and support his amendment.”