Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump · ¶235

The government can charge money for privileges without depriving a person of property for due-process purposes. The government charges people money every day for a wide range of activities, such as to enter a government park, mail an envelope, apply for a copyright, or file a lawsuit. Because a person has no core private right to engage in these activities, the government is not subject to due-process restraints in setting such charges. The due-process question is not whether a government action “ `raise[s] revenue,' ” ante, at 241 (majority opinion), but whether it implicates core private rights. Supra, at 316–317. Thus, when Congress delegates power to make “regulations” on federal land, the Secretary of Agriculture can set a “charge” for the “privilege of grazing sheep” on that land without thereby “exercis[ing] the legislative power.” United States v. Grimaud, 220 U. S. 506, 522–…

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