Constitutional Law,
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 6, 2023
Inflation is a taking
Given the Supreme Court’s propensity for making up new “taking” situations, I propose the following: for those individuals who are responsible for the millions of us who have lost millions of dollars through the recent government-caused inflation.
Richard A. Nixon
Email: pres37th@aol.com
San Fernando Valley College of Law
Richard, a practicing attorney in Los Angeles County and a Vietnam-era veteran, is the author of "America: An Illusion of Freedom."
The recent case of Tyler v. Hennepin County presented and presents evidence that the case had nothing to do with the Fifth amendment "takings clause.'"
Although I agree with the ultimate conclusion, I find that the path by which the Supreme Court reached that conclusion to be seriously flawed. To begin, the Fifth amendment's "takings" clause states that if the government takes one's property for public use or p...
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