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Household privacy and property boundaries

Doctrine surface for search and seizure, domestic surveillance, home-entry powers, and unjust commandeering of property or household life.

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Household privacy and property boundaries

Tier 2 - Grave Compromise

Doctrine surface for search and seizure, domestic surveillance, home-entry powers, and unjust commandeering of property or household life.

Principle: The household is not open to arbitrary seizure or intrusion by the state.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 24:10-11, Exodus 20:15-17, 1 Samuel 8:11-17

Reformed rationale: A household is not open to arbitrary state intrusion. Property, family space, and ordinary civil peace should not be treated as raw material for state convenience.