Chipping Away at Private Property Rights

The continued, unchecked growth of the State, and the body of laws enacted by the State, chip further and further into the wall which previously protected our private lives.  The days of “probable cause”, or “good cause,” as a reason for searching private property, or private individuals, are being swept away by the courts, with nary a dissenting voice expressing dismay.

Case in point, the recent Supreme Court of Ohio ruling 2008-0536.  State v. Coburn, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-834.

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that, under R.C. 1531.14, a state wildlife officer has authority to enter private land when acting in the normal, peaceful and lawful enforcement of game and fish laws or rules regardless of whether the officer has “good cause” to believe that a law has been violated at the time of entry.

And I previously felt quite secure from the State as I sat on my private land along a lovely blue ribbon trout stream.

Via David Codrea.

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