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I always wondered how asset forfeiture is considered legal when it in a sense amounts to an assumption of guilt or a bill of attainder


21 posted on 01/16/2020 4:31:16 AM PST by LukeL
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I always wondered how asset forfeiture is considered legal when it in a sense amounts to an assumption of guilt or a bill of attainder

They duck these issues with the flimsy and contemptible legal fiction that they're taking action against the money - court cases have names like United States vs $123,456.

92 posted on 01/16/2020 7:05:51 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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