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Re:Town Seized Building, Offered to Return It If Owners Boug... by alistairSH on Friday May 20, 2022 @11:55AM (#31449157)
The right of the people to be secure in their ... effects, against unreasonable ... seizures, shall not be violated

The building was part of the person's effects. I don't understand how your argument is legal (not that I don't believe you - civil forfeiture has been going on long enough that I assume SCOTUS has heard a sampling of cases).

It beggars belief that this practice has stood for decades.

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Re:Town Seized Building, Offered to Return It If Owners Boug... by mysterydip on Friday May 20, 2022 @02:34PM (#31450967)
I agree with you and think it's a crazy practice. I was just saying how they justify it (flaws aside)
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