City of Milwaukee Post No. 2874 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States v. Redevelopment Authority of Milwaukee

¶ 89. (dissenting). "Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist." John Adams 1791.1

¶ 90. The protection of private property is one of the principal objectives of the United States Constitution.2 The original constitution prohibited the states from passing any "law impairing the obligation of contracts."3 The Fifth Amendment added that "[n]o person shall... be deprived of... property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." The Fourteenth Amendment imposed the due process limitation upon the states, and the United States…