The reality is that the law protects the citizen from a crooked official because it specifically states that the citizen will be compensated.
The problem is the law is just ripe for abuse.
Who determines that their is an emergency?
Who determines when that emergency is over?
Who determines what property can be seized?
Who determines how the seized property is to be "redistributed"?
What mechanism's exist to track the seizure of property?
How is the property owner informed of th seizure of his assets if he is not present?
Anyway you cut it, this law stinks to high heavens. It shouldn't even be considered in America. Even in an emergency the rights of individual citizens should be tantamount.
Both. Crooked politicians take advantage of bad laws. This is why the Constitution was designed to limit the power of government.
The reality is that the law protects the citizen from a crooked official because it specifically states that the citizen will be compensated.
That's not reality, that's your legal theory. The reality is that it often isn't practical for citizens to recover from government abuse. I could cite multiple abuses of eminent domain, criminal forfeiture or New Orleans cops illegally seizing guns during emergencies. We can't trust them -- that's reality . We shouldn't be giving these people new laws to justify their thieving.