Seize, Sell, Profit: Is the Government Allowed to Snatch a Family's Home over a Disputed Tax Bill?

An overzealous Michigan tax assessor's actions robbed a family of their home. It's time for the Supreme Court to make things right.

In the despotic tradition of officeholders whose self-regard exceeds the bounds of their office, meet Patricia DePriest, tax assessor for Union Township in Isabella County, Mich. DePriest believed a family violated her personal vision of the law and set the wheels in motion to deprive them of their home and savings. And now, her overreach has become a matter for the U.S. Supreme Court.