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Two years ago, I wrote a piece and record­ed a video for MRCTV about how Thanks­giv­ing is a cel­e­bra­tion of the Pil­grims drop­ping their ini­tial – and dev­as­tat­ing­ly dis­as­trous – embrace of com­mu­nal prop­er­ty in favor of pri­vate prop­er­ty and respect for God-giv­en rights.

Two weeks ago, I wrote a piece and record­ed anoth­er video for MRCTV, this time about how New York Gov­er­nor Andrew Cuo­mo has issued bizarre, incon­sis­tent, uncon­sti­tu­tion­al edicts regard­ing who could and could not enter the state with or with­out hav­ing to com­ply to his demand that they get a “neg­a­tive” result on unre­li­able COVID19 tests, and/or go under a two-week house arrest.

Both occa­sions pre­sent­ed oppor­tu­ni­ties to remem­ber fun­da­men­tal prop­er­ty rights that are sup­posed to be pro­tect­ed by the Bill of Rights.