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Is it against the Constitution for the government to fine you for anything they want?

Possibly the Constitution protects you from the Feds fining you for anything the want, but don’t forget states have ‘police powers’ and can pass laws like building codes, etc. and fine you if you aren’t ‘up to code’.

Some seem to miss that the $5000 fine isn’t the end of the matter. The landlords are going to have to spend more money repairing the damage that the squatters did. Obviously recovering damages from the squatters is a fool’s errand. When you got nothin’ you’ve got nothin’ to lose.

15 posted on 01/02/2023 9:29:44 AM PST by hanamizu

You’re right and it’s a sad state of affairs that the state can come after you for something you have no control over.

22 posted on 01/02/2023 4:23:29 PM PST by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)

Are the finds applicable if there is no one living there?

23 posted on 01/02/2023 6:57:40 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)

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