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[Palter]

As Criminal Laws Proliferate, More Are Ensnared

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[JimSEA]

After all, due process is a delusional block to the will of the people. Why should social justice be ensnared in the rules promoted by dead white slave owners and capitalists?

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Rico Act was supposed to allow the government to seize assets of organized crime. The government has become the organized crime it was supposed to protect us from.

[the invisib1e hand]

yep.

[10thAmendmentGuy]

God bless the War on Drugs for making this possible. Anyone with more than 1000 bucks on them is obviously up to no good and deserves to be put in jail for life.

[EternalVigilance]

New tagline ...

[mo]

this why the Revolutionary war was started.....

[paul51]

federal government is the largest criminal enterprise in history , unaccountable to anyone and immune to any threats to it’s tyranny.

[Roccus]

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

- Ayn Rand

[RWB Patriot]

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean it... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be
much easier to deal with.”

[bamahead]

The report shows that seizure powers were extended to about 200 of those laws in 2000 in a major congressional overhaul of the forfeiture system.

And which party had a majority in both houses of congress during that time? The one that *claims* to give a hoot about that burning document. Makes you sick...

[Socon-Econ]

I have a problem with asset seizures. If the government were to pursue a fine against an alleged criminal,the DA would have to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. But asset seizure allows the DA to seize the same amount of money from the defendant — with a lower burden of proof — by stamping the procedure “civil” rather than criminal. How did the Constitution become interpreted to allow the government to do indirectly what it cannot do directly?

[CSM]

And the sheeple silently watch American Idol....