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- From: pajerek@telstar.kodak.com (Don Pajerek)
- Subject: Re: What is United States of America like?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.194125.14451@kadsma.kodak.com>
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- Reply-To: pajerek@telstar.kodak.com (Don Pajerek)
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- References: <1992Dec19.232619.6118@nntp.hut.fi> <BzM8u5.JM3@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Dec21.183152.1337@kadsma.kodak.com> <1992Dec22.165059.15776@mtek.com>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:41:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.165059.15776@mtek.com> bud@mtek.com (Bud Hovell) writes:
- >pajerek@telstar.kodak.com (Don Pajerek) writes:
- >
- >>Not exactly. It is now *legal* for drug enforcement personnel to seize
- >>the assets of people whom they want to accuse of drug trafficking. This
- >>seizure can take place *before* guilt or innocence is established, and
- >>recovery of assets in the event that the case falls apart has proven
- >>to be problematic. The courts have *not* been striking this down.
- >
- >Consider:
- >
- >It has been *legal* for *years* for IRS enforcement personnel to seize
- >the assets of people whom they accuse of nonpayment of taxes owed. This
- >seizure can take place *before* guilt or innocence is established, and
- >recovery of assets in the event that the case falls apart has proven
- >to be problematic. The courts have *not* been striking this down.
- >
- >Do you plan to write your congress-critter about *both* abuses of con-
- >stitutional liberties?
- >--
-
-
- Are you suggesting that because the IRS has been doing this stuff,
- I must: a) support the IRS in this behavior, and b) accept the idea
- that, because the IRS has been doing it, it is now a valid precedent
- for all law enforcement agencies?
-
-
- As I recall, the Bill of Rights contains a provision regarding
- 'unreasonable searches and seizures'. I would categorize both the
- IRS and DEA seizures as 'unreasonable'. Unfortunately, the Reagan/Bush
- Supreme Court, led by that friend of individual liberty, William
- Rehnquist, doesn't agree.
-
-
- >________________________________________________________________
- >bud@mtek.com ... uunet!m2xenix!mtek!bud ... bud@rigel.cs.pdx.edu
-
-
- Don Pajerek
-
- Standard disclaimers apply.
-