I didn't assume, you clearly stated your views on the subject of private property, and those views included a disdain for hardcore libertarian private property rights and involved federal regulation of private property. Obviously, we already have that to some extent, but it is frankly a dangerous precedent and an open door to the minimizing of personal liberty in other areas. It's the willingness to open that door that surprises me about you, given your alignment with the ACLU. When you give the feds that kind of power, it's only a good thing until the gov't is controlled by people who have a different ideology.