Property rights amendment in Va faces key test, but are supporters really 'extremists'?

The House Privileges and Elections Committee finally takes-up a bill of genuine substance on Friday: a proposed constitutional amendment to protect property rights. It’s one of those big issues that manages to slide under the media radar because it’s just doesn’t seem as sexy as bills dealing with God, guns or gays. That needs to change.

Earlier in the session, a similar property rights amendment backed by Sen. Mark Obenshain was scuttled in a subcommittee. Obenshain noted on his Facebook page that it wasn’t a “huge surprise, as the subcommittee is actually more hostile to property rights than the full Privileges & Elections (P&E) Committee.