SCOTUS 9-0 – ‘Render Unto Caesar What Is Caesar’s, But no more.

[DGUtley]

Supreme Court Sides with Homeowner on Taxes – ‘Render Unto Caesar What Is Caesar’s, But No More’

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It is unconstitutional for government to keep more money from a property seizure sale than it needs to satisfy unpaid property tax bills, the Supreme court unanimously held on Thursday, adding that taxpayers must “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but no more.”


“In collecting taxes, the new Government of the United States could seize and sell only so much of a tract of land as may be necessary to satisfy the taxes due thereon,” Roberts wrote about federal law in the 1790s, noting that most states at the time the Constitution was adopted had similar laws, adding that this “consensus that a government could not take more property than it was owed held true through the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.”


“In collecting all other taxes, Minnesota protects the taxpayer’s right to surplus,” Roberts noted with disapproval regarding the inconsistency in that state’s tax laws. “If a taxpayer falls behind on her income tax and the State seizes and sells her property, any surplus proceeds shall be credited or refunded to the owner.”


https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinion...2-166_8n59.pdf


https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/...f-womans-home/


https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...esars-no-more/

[Peter1469]

A good and needed decision from SCOTUS.

[Chris]

Victory for property rights.

Supreme Court sides with 94-year-old woman who accused government of stealing her home equity

"The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, but no more."

With those words, Chief Justice John Roberts and a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a 94-year-old Minnesota woman who got no compensation when the government seized her home over a small unpaid tax bill and pocketed the profit.

In his opinion, Roberts said the state of Minnesota violated the Fifth Amendment's prohibition against government taking private property without "just compensation" in 2015 when it took Geraldine Tyler's one-bedroom condominium.

"A taxpayer who loses her $40,000 house to the state to fulfill a $15,000 tax debt has made a far greater contribution to the public fisc that she owed," Roberts wrote....

[stjames1_53]

government seizure is nothing more than piracy

[DGUtley]

What makes the state think that it can keep the surplus? This was a simple decision in my mind.

[stjames1_53]

What makes the state think that it can keep the surplus? This was a simple decision in my mind.

they need to fund more pirates?