The Buckeye Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Property Owners from Government Extortion
The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the rights of property owners from the government’s attempt to extort payments from its citizens to build roads in the county in return for granting permits for work wholly unrelated to road improvements. “Courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have ruled that the government cannot use its power to extort payments from citizens in exchange for permits…”