California’s attempt to regulate the nationwide pork industry, which exists almost entirely outside California, unconstitutionally undermines federalism to pursue the state’s moral crusade.
When courts allow the government’s litigation allies to extract attorneys’ fees from civil rights plaintiffs, it undermines civil rights laws and discourages beneficial public interest litigation.
Property taxes must be paid, and homeowners must follow specific statutory protocols when their properties are sold in tax sales, but the government does not have the discretion to keep any more money beyond what's owed.
A court can’t call a doctrine that it created a “background principle” of property law to deprive property owners of their fundamental right to exclude trespassers.