[Wolfie]

Gee, I wonder where they got the idea to sieze vehicles without so much as a conviction? I hope there's not decades of precedent built up that will allow this to stand.

[dead]

First they came for the cars of pot smokers, but I stopped smoking pot mostly like six years ago, so I didn't speak up.

Then they came for the cars of the guys with fireworks, but I stopped lighting fireworks mostly like four years ago, so I didn't speak up.

Then they came for the cars...

[SALChamps03]

This is similar to reports a few years back when government agents were seizing large amounts of cash from air travelers on the premise that it was "probably" drug money. No convictions, no arrests, no warrants, no charges, but they steal your money.

[-YYZ-]

When I read stuff like this I'm glad I live in a country (Canada) where it is still required for the government to convict you of a crime AND prove that your property was either instrumental to the crime or purchased with the proceeds of crime before they can confiscate your property.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Irony? We have the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments guaranteeing the Right of due process, don't we? Unless of course you're SUSPECTED of living in the same nation as a drug dealer, then civil siezure is OK.