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"Riverboat Robbery: When does a tax become an illegal 'taking'?"

"Riverboat Robbery: When does a tax become an illegal 'taking'?" Today's edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial that begins, "Illinois politics seems to be everywhere this year -- and now it may be headed to the Supreme Court in the form of a lawsuit brought against the state. The case, which has ties to impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, could have an important impact on the definition of a 'taking' under the Fifth Amendment -- as well as implications for the state's power of taxation."

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).