If this is not the most insane, asinine, legal ruling I've seen in my 66 years--and I've witnessed plenty--it at least is in the top 10.
Carrying this IDIOT, MOONBAT, Judge's contrived legal opinion to the extreme, anyone finding a $20 bill--or even a quarter--on the ground or elsewhere, would be legally bound to return it to its rightful owner (Uncle Sam) even if said legal tender, was discovered outside the US controlled borders or waters.
UN-Frikkin believable!!!
If this is not the most insane, asinine, legal ruling I've seen in my 66 years--and I've witnessed plenty--it at least is in the top 10.
No it is not.
The law is intended to discourage scavengers from looting war graves.
Do you want salvage divers sifting through the wrecks at the bottom of Pearl Harbor?
After reading Post 15 it may not be a perfect fit to this wreck but it is a good law.
Have you had any dealings with the IRS lately. They tell you how much you owe them and even if you prove that what they say you owe is more than you make in 4 years they will seize all of your assets until you pay what they, arbitrarily, say ids theirs. It is clear that government sees all funds as theirs and only through their benevolence is anyone allowed to keep some scrap from the government table.
I thought the emancipation act was supposed to stop this but I guess slavery is only OK when the government does it.