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Originally Posted by mgforshort
I doubt suspending their license would stop them from driving. Confiscate and sell the cars, we need more cash for the pension funds.
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That would be useful. I don't agree with asset forfeiture laws myself. I think they violate the "just compensation" clause of the US Constitution's Fifth Amendment, unless you can prove that the posessions were stolen or were purchased illegally or purchased with ill-gotten gains. I hate asset forfeiture laws. A guy loses his 40 acre farm for growing personal pot in his garden. IMHO it is wrong.
I suppose they could crush the cars, and then they would not have been taken for "public use". Normally, the jurisdiction auctions them off with proceeds kept by the police -- a direct violation of the just compensation clause.
No doubt you know your Constitution, but for those who don't happen to, this is what I am referring to - last line.
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Re-reading the Fifth reminds me how much I love my Constitutional protections and what a blessing the Founding Fathers gave to us.
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