PROOF: U.S. Supreme Court Recognition of the Constitutional PUB/PRI Firewall in the Context of Taxation

INTRODUCTION: The article argues that the Constitution contains a public/private (PUB/PRI) firewall grounded in the Fifth Amendment’s protection of private propertyPRI, which forbids proprietary taxation or regulation of private personsPRI without consent. This firewall is explicitly recognized in older Supreme Court cases—especially Wight v. Davidson, where the Court held that taxation of private property is…

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