Court split over California man’s takings clause dispute

This piece was featured by SCOTUSblog.com on January 9, 2024, it was originally published at Howe on the Court. Despite a suggestion by Justice Neil Gorsuch that there was “radical agreement” in a California man’s challenge to the constitutionality of the “traffic...

Justices rule Minnesota county violated takings clause

This piece was featured by SCOTUSblog.com on May 25, 2023, it was originally published at Howe on the Court. In 2016, a Minnesota county sold 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler’s condo at auction after she failed to pay her property taxes for several years. The sale yielded...