Oregon Muse writes,
I don't understand legal reasoning. Or, perhaps I should say, I don't understand certain aspects about American jurisprudence. For example, civil asset forfeiture. How did that ever become a thing? "Sir, you're under arrest for blah blah blah and therefore we get to take everything we think is connected with your criminal activity, which, whoopsie, is pretty much everything you own. Too bad. We'll decide later if we want to actually charge you with a crime. Meanwhile, good luck trying to get your property back."
How did that ever pass constitutional muster? I thought "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process" was a bedrock principal of our system of government. So how is it 'due process' when your property becomes forfeit just because some LE agency decides to raid your house?
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