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@smilerz.bsky.social
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Yes, and companies/white-collar individuals can have material punishments on them while they await due process as well. And no, SCOTUS did not say that they could take their sweet time - speedy jury requirements still hold.

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smilerz.bsky.social

How long is this going to remain in effect? 1 week or 2?

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smilerz.bsky.social

right to due process and right to accelerated due process are entirely different things

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smilerz.bsky.social

they did not, in fact, rule that they had no right to contest it

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smilerz.bsky.social

There appears to an appetite, fortunately, to curb at least some of the excesses. Not sure if there is a good case in the pipeline to challenge it though.

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smilerz.bsky.social

Civil asset forfeiture isn't a criminal prosecution

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they'd have to be actually guilty of a crime

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smilerz.bsky.social

Criminal prosecutions have always required a jury.

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smilerz.bsky.social

you don't have to lobby for anything - you can just settle

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smilerz.bsky.social

If you think a president can do anything they want you are dumber than a Trump supporter.

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smilerz.bsky.social
@smilerz.bsky.social
Almost No One is Evil. Almost Everything is Broken.
6 followers47 following172 posts