The Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause says the government cannot take private property for public use without just compensation — meaning fair market value, so "we sold it for hundreds of thousands and you get zero" doesn't cut it. Again, this is an illegitimate system.
Billy Binion
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This is Tawanda Hall. She fell $900 behind on a property-tax payment plan. So the government seized her home—which sold for *$308,000.* Hall got nothing. The Supreme Court said stealing home equity is illegal. But some states are *still* trying to defy the law. A thread.
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