Here’s an idea: Government officials should not steal money from their citizens.
It may seem incomprehensible that anyone would argue otherwise, but that’s precisely what happened in front of the New Jersey Supreme Court last week. Anyone concerned about government overreach should pay attention.
The court on Wednesday heard the sad case of Lynette Johnson, a woman who lost her East Orange commercial property to foreclosure and also lost all the equity that had accrued in the property because the city decided to keep more money than Johnson owed in back taxes…