Judiciary
SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions
The current Supreme Court is a vigorous defender of property rights. In general, I like that. But as I observed in aย column last year, the court sometimes goes beyond what an accurate reading of the Constitution can justify. The Fifth Amendment is part of the Bill of...
Five Years Later Supreme Court Decision Still Hasn’t Significantly Limited Asset Forfeiture
Many people believe the Supreme Court โended asset forfeiture” with its 2019 opinion in Timbs v. Indiana. As we argued at the time, Timbsย ended nothing, and follow-up cases bear this out. This underscores an important reality. We can’t rely on federal...
Federal Power Outside the Constitution?
If you have read my Epoch Times series, โHow the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution,โ you know that the justices have stretched some of the Constitutionโs terms greatly to support the federal governmentโs unlimited hunger for power. Among the victims of this...
The Supreme Court’s New Decision on “Taking Property”
In the next few weeks, the Supreme Court will be finishing up its October Term. The term gets its name from the fact that it begins Oct. 1. The next few columns will unpack some of the courtโs most important decisions. I will be focusing mostly (although not entirely)...