Posted on 05/11/2024 10:54:00 AM PDT by CFW
In December 2022, Reason reported that both state and federal wildlife agents routinely trespass onto private land and plant cameras. Two Tennessee homeowners successfully sued the state over the practice, and a three-judge panel ruled in their favor. The state appealed the decision, and this week the court of appeals ruled in the homeowners' favor.
At issue is a state law allowing officers of the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) to "go upon any property, outside of buildings, posted or otherwise," in order to "enforce all laws relating to wildlife." In the case of Terry Rainwaters and Hunter Hollingsworth, TWRA officers not only entered their respective properties but also installed trail cameras to look for hunting violations, all without a warrant and ignoring "No Trespassing" signs. A lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice (I.J.) on behalf of Rainwaters and Hollingsworth asked the court to declare the law unconstitutional and issue an injunction against the TWRA, barring it from carrying out any further unwarranted intrusions.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
Respectfully and utterly disagree. Other methods would be found as needed. Such as a sales tax, for example. There is no need to abrogate private property.
The libertarian party has had 50 years to build a real, functioning libertarian community - anywhere in the world - that works.
Javier Milei in Argentina is going to try. But I guarantee it’s going to piss off millions of libertarians, because that’s the nature of a party that takes lunatics seriously.
State and especially federal agants should not be able to tresspass on private property just because they feel like it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.