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This is a neat example of what one's mother tried to teach one when asked, 'mom, can I have a cookie?' and she responded, 'yes, you can, but you may not!' The
by zeveb 10y ago
This is a neat example of what one's mother tried to teach one when asked, 'mom, can I have a cookie?' and she responded, 'yes, you can, but you may not!'
The facts clearly demonstrate that the police can in fact confiscate property on a whim. They may not, under the Constitution. But who cares about the Constitution? It's just a scrap of paper standing in the wave of our Brave New World.
- talmand 10y agoIn your analogy the Supreme Court would be the mother saying they may not. Sometimes it just takes time for the topic to come before the Court to be addressed.
- zeveb 10y ago> In your analogy the Supreme Court would be the mother saying they may not. That assumes that the Supreme Court will judge according to the Constitution, which I think isn't borne out by case history. It was the Supreme Court which said a black man couldn't be a citizen; that wheat grown in one state and fed to cattle in the same state is involved in interstate commerce; that the death penalty referred to in the Constitution is unconstitutional; that taking property for private gain is a public taking; and on, and on, and on.
- talmand 10y agoI agree the Court can often be wrong in the long run, but that's the way our system works at the moment.