re: USSC rules that government cannot make a profit from seized property.

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Soulless psychopaths. Holy shite.

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It was based on a depression era state law that stripped ownership interest when one was behind on taxes. The idea that the government or any entity could receive a windfall in a situation like this is indeed nuts.

I do wish they had taken up the Eighth Amendment’s issue regarding the ban on excessive fines which was also at bar, that issue would have had a far more wide-ranging benefit. Gorsuch and Jackson in their concurring opinion mentioned Taylor would have prevailed on that matter as well. I imagine someone will get Cert on that issue relatively soon.