Does the power to tax property fall within the police power of the states?
No. The power to tax property is not solely a part of the police power of the states. While the police power is broad and encompasses regulations for public health, safety, and welfare, the power to tax is a separate and inherent sovereign power of the states. Both the federal and state governments have the power to tax, but they do so under different constitutional provisions and for different purposes.
Here’s a breakdown:
Police Power:
This is the state’s authority to regulate behavior and enforce order within its territory to protect the public’s health, safety, morals, and general welfare. It includes things like zoning laws, building codes, and environmental regulations.
Taxing Power:
This is the power to levy taxes, which is a distinct power granted to both the federal government and the states by the Constitution.
Hail, all, our new robot judges!
I suppose the question becomes, how does the fed abolish property taxes, through what power?
“Police Power:
This is the state’s authority to regulate behavior and enforce order within its territory to protect the public’s health, safety, morals, and general welfare. It includes things like zoning laws, building codes, and environmental regulations.
Taxing Power:
This is the power to levy taxes, which is a distinct power granted to both the federal government and the states by the Constitution.”
At the local level it is straight up communism. The State owns and controls all property and persons as community property.