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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
Now look, do you find anything there that you couldn't unfreeze these assets by due process upon discovery?
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The Constitution prohibits seizure without due process. Period. Notice that unlike the wiretapping laws, this one includes US citizens.
As for unfreezing, how much do you think that would cost in legal fees? $10,000? $50,000. How long would someone have to wait, while bills piled up and foreclosure became more and more possible?
If someone did lose their house because of this, how much would it cost and how long would it take to recover compensation from the government, assuming they could be sued?
The reason this is an executive order and not a law is that it's a blatant Constitutional violation that would have never made it through both houses, even with a Republican majority.
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