Would he have done better to have ignored precedence, and talked about “living documents,” and penumbras?
Its gross state oveereach. If we believe in private property and ownership and such. It would be far more reasonable to work something out than take her property and then make a profit selling it. Most of what she owed the govt stskced on as penalties so its far more.
In this case govt needs to be slapped down as its acting in a tyrannical fshion when it doesn’t have to.
And in fact this case could have been avoided altogether if local government dealt with rising crime in her area effectively.