Representative Todd Rokita, Republican of Indiana, likened the higher taxes the Democrats have proposed to confiscation of citizens' property.
He called himself a libertarian, but insisted that his ideas were primarily academic, not narrowly political, even when they inspired citizens' property tax revolts or balanced-budget movements.
"A lot of times they take the opportunity to help themselves to the citizens' property," Chief Deputy Rothrock said, breaking into homes.
Under this rubric, many types of economic and land-use regulations were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on the ground that they interfered with citizens' property rights.
Lang, Thomas J. (1995) "Satisfaction of Claims against Vietnam for the Expropriation of U.S. Citizens' Property in South Vietnam in 1975," Cornell International Law Journal: Vol. 28 : No. 1, Article 8.
They may be authorized to infringe citizens' property rights and restrict their freedom of action in many different ways, ranging from the quarantining of infectious persons to the instituting of criminal proceedings for nonpayment of taxes.
State and local police will no longer be allowed to seize citizens' property without evidence that a crime has occurred, following an action by the attorney general, Eric Holder, to effectively end the program.
The 62-square-mile principality, with a population of 32,000, filed a complaint with the World Court in The Hague accusing Germany of disregarding its sovereignty and violating its citizens' property rights.
Additionally, the inquiry found that the use of force by officers was underreported and revealed a pattern of theft of citizens' property by officers in the narcotics, gangs and prisoner processing units.
