The United States Supreme Court recently devoted more attention to the 5th Amendment's protection of private property rights than it has in decades, handing down decisions in three important cases. The first dealt with federal government liability for Corps of Engineers projects that flood property. (The Court held that there can be liability, even though the Corps argued that such a rule would cripple its ability to do its job.) The second dealt with agricultural marketing orders (this case involved raisins) and how private citizens may challenge them. (The Government argued that a citizen had to pay the fines in advance and then sue to get them back, or wait for the Government to sue - while the fines continued to mount. The Court held that the citizens could sue to invalidate the fines.)
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