The SECB asked the Supreme Court candidates to define “property,” to see if they’ll hang themselves with an answer that would reveal their opinion about a possible case regarding the state’s Millionaires Tax, as “property” is the central question of the case. Typically, the candidates talk around it. State Court of Appeals Judge Ian Birk looked at us across the table in his stiff, dry Scandinavian way and said, “I don’t think so.”
