Here at Eye On Illinois, a primary goal is to put more focus on government than politics. But doing so often runs headlong into the awareness of just how frequently political considerations interfere with sensible government outcomes.

One fine example of this conundrum is the ongoing struggle to rectify state laws regarding sales of properties whose owners are delinquent on tax payments. As the Illinois Answers Project reported Thursday , “Illinois is the only state that has yet to reform” such laws after a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court opinion ruling the status quo violates homeowners’ constitutional rights.

Tyler v. Hennepin County , a Fifth Amendment decision stemming from Minnesota, functionally held that a government can’t foreclose on and sell a property without compensating the origi

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