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I think the bar to be passed would be to overcome what the court would assume was a thoughtful creation and need for this law.

In the article you saw before

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/591110/posts

the Feds do good work at times so you would need to prove your case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The only area I see success in would be the area of law where the Feds can just take private property if it was associated with drug sales or consumption.

An example of this need would be when a person renting your house sells drugs out of the house without knowledge and the Feds take your house even though you knew nothing about any drug sales.
I think that will be modified to require proof before taking rented or borrowed propery. That is how I see it Lloyd.

>>I think the bar to be passed would be to overcome what the court would assume was a thoughtful creation and need for this law.<<

>>But the court does not allow one to present evidence that the congress did not do a good job. You have to show how the congress made some kind of procedural error or how the law violates the 14th amendment or something like that.<<

>>the Feds do good work at times so you would need to prove your case beyond a reasonable doubt.<<

In my mind, it is the group that is putting people in prison that should have to prove that this is actually accomplishing something.

>>The only area I see success in would be the area of law where the Feds can just take private property if it was associated with drug sales or consumption.<<

We agree here. These forfeiture laws are under attack by both Republicans and Democrats in congress. It may take a few more years, but hopefully these draconian laws will bite the dust soon.

>>An example of this need would be when a person renting your house sells drugs out of the house without knowledge and the Feds take your house even though you knew nothing about any drug sales.<<

There are cases where people have had their cars and boats taken from them because they let a friend ride in them and the friend left behind a few seeds of pot.

Shamefully tyrannical laws.