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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2254121" data-attributes="member: 26737">&quot;No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Unless it&#039;s a drug-related stop or arrest. Then it&#039;s completely righteous to take their stuff.&quot;I&#039;m pretty sure that&#039;s how the Framers intended to write the 5th Amendment.Last year, the Feds seized a horse ranch south of Lexington that was owned by the brother of the (reputed) head of the Zetas. He had a decent stable of thoroughbreds, but the Feds couldn&#039;t keep the horses alive, so they auctioned them off--before the case even went to trial. Of course, they don&#039;t seem to be in a hurry to do anything with the ranch itself (it&#039;s gone to pot; absolutely shameful), and they now have their conviction on money laundering charges...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2254121, member: 26737"] "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Unless it's a drug-related stop or arrest. Then it's completely righteous to take their stuff." I'm pretty sure that's how the Framers intended to write the 5th Amendment. Last year, the Feds seized a horse ranch south of Lexington that was owned by the brother of the (reputed) head of the Zetas. He had a decent stable of thoroughbreds, but the Feds couldn't keep the horses alive, so they auctioned them off--[I]before[/I] the case even went to trial. Of course, they don't seem to be in a hurry to do anything with the ranch itself (it's gone to pot; absolutely shameful), and they now have their conviction on money laundering charges... [/QUOTE]

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