Property taxes have been well supported since the founding of the country.
That said, this one is much likelier to be on shaky ground.
Yeah, property is not an enumerated right.
Property taxes have been well supported since the founding of the country.
That said, this one is much likelier to be on shaky ground.
Yeah, property is not an enumerated right.
Oi.
So we only have the rights that are spelled out in the Bill of Rights?
Ok. Got it.
Oi.
Yeah, property is not an enumerated right.
Is it not a protected possession?
No, but having something spelled out helps.
Recall that there was argument over including the 2A because many folks involved found it preposterous that anyone would try to disarm a free man. I’d bet they had the same feeling about private property.
The 4th Amendment COULD be construed as protecting private property as you have a right to be secure in your “persons, houses, and papers”.
The 2A has been interpreted by the courts to cover home and hearth most acutely. This tells me that private property was assumed to be protected. One of the oldest legal concepts is that of property. It’s difficult to think that the Framers did anything other than underestimate the stupidity of today’s Left.
Government has been very successful at selling it as rights granted, not restriction on itself.
At what point in US history has this change occurred? After the Civil War? After WWI?