Yep, it also looks like a “non-article” to me. By definition, any law impacting property rights can be framed as a 4th amendment violation. This’d include existing stuff like building codes or anti discrimination in the sales of real estate.
When the article references criminals - that one I’ve heard of before. Landlords are typically allowed to do criminal background checks on prospective tenants. As long as they did it for all applicants it was ok and not considered discriminatory. Now, the feds have jumped in and said any background check is discriminatory.
I assume the point of this article is in the same vein, but don’t see it either.
Well, there's a rock for a hard place! One of the (many) reasons I don't rent anyplace to residential tenants is that there are laws providing for the confiscation of rental property if drug dealers are the tenants. In other words if I rent to someone who is arrested on drug charges, I could lose the property. But I shouldn't do a criminal check on a prospective tenant because, what? Their privacy? Their dignity?
So I the landlord would have to risk either punishment for my crime (discrimination) or the tenant's crime (drugs).