On July 17, a Virginia lower court ruled that nothing in the Virginia Constitution requires shopping centers to let petitioners onto their property. The candidate-plaintiff is appealing to the Virginia Supreme Court. Collins v Shoppers World, CL05-10518.
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Edited By Richard Winger
It seems that the right to property wins in court only when it means a loss to political change.
That is, property owners are allowed control of their own property to keep out such riff-raff as, say, new party petitioners, but they still are not allowed to say “no” to developers or to government agents.