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SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions

The current Supreme Court is a vigorous defender of property rights. But it sometimes goes beyond what an accurate reading of the Constitution can justify.
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SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions
U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Rob Natelson
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The current Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is a vigorous defender of property rights. In general, I like that. But as I observed in an Epoch Times column last year, the court sometimes goes beyond what an accurate reading of the Constitution can justify.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”