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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TideGlider who wrote (517989)12/31/2003 3:13:01 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 769670
 
"reflect the switch of burden to the state."

>>> I believe you misunderstand... there have been no changes to the federal law in recent years --- it is just as intrusive and extra-constitutional as ever, and when a federal authority confiscates property, the burden of proof is on the individual to 'prove beyond a reasonable doubt' that they violated no law.

>>> The property is considered 'guilty'.