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Supreme Court Decides to Hear Case Challenging State Law Empowering Government to Seize Entire Value of a House to Pay Much Smaller Property Tax Debt
On Friday, the Supreme Courtroom made the decision to hear a case demanding the constitutionality of a Minnesota state legislation empowering regional governments to seize the whole value of a property in purchase to spend off a a lot scaled-down delinquent residence tax debt. The assets owner in the case—93-year-old widow Geraldine Tyler—argues that this kind of uncompensated seizure of household equity violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which necessitates federal government to spend “just payment” anytime it normally takes personal home, and the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Modification. The case has critical implications outside of Minnesota. Ten other states have rules that make it possible…
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Chief rabbi calls for government to change immigration law to keep non-Jews out
Chief Rabbi David Lau termed on Sunday for the incoming governing administration to revoke the so-referred to as “grandchild clause” from the Legislation of Return, which grants Israeli citizenship to any person with at least one Jewish grandparent who does not follow another religion. “For 10 years I have been inquiring to try to alter this error of the 3rd era in the Regulation of Return — to fix it, to make certain that Israel will be a Jewish point out, a condition of Jews,” Lau explained. Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi designed the remarks at an annual celebration in New Jersey on Sunday night time honoring Chabad emissaries, who provide…
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