Your home is not your castle in Massachusetts, where it is illegal for homeowners to do any plumbing work in their own home. No, really. If you get up in the middle of the night to fix a running toilet, you could end up paying a hefty fine for not hiring a plumber to do that work.   

Meet John Carbin. Carbin is a former Black Hawk crew chief and a federally certified aircraft mechanic. By any measurement, he is skilled with his hands and more than capable of around-the-house handyman tasks. His problem is that he lives in Massachusetts. Massachusetts state law prohibits handy homeowners like John from securing a permit to install their own plumbing. 

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This may sound like a minor plumbing problem, but it is a sign of a much bigger problem: the degradation of fundamental property rights in our country. At a time when the federal government is seizing equity positions in private companies, Carbin’s case provides the Supreme Court with an opportunity to correct its New........

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