Cross posted from the Renounce U.S. Citizenship blog.
Introduction – The general principles of Civil Forfeiture Reexamined
Civil forfeiture is becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States and in Western democracies. In it’s simplest form, Civil Forfeiture is a process where governments seize your property without going through the judicial process. Governments love it. It’s efficient, profitable and risk free. It’s on the rise in both Canada and the United States. It has been the subject of numerous posts at the Isaac Brock Society. Certainly, FBAR penalties and other penalties for “Form Crime” are instances of civil forfeiture. I have argued that OVDP is a form of Civil Forfeiture.
Civil Forfeiture: The new #OVDP confiscation program for those in U.S. borders http://t.co/I4IqmYfN9p via @@USExpatCanada
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) July 27, 2015
Your property, your U.S. citizenship and the forcible taking of your U.S. citizenship
As I have pointed out time after time, after time ….
Cook v. Tait 12: Afroyim v. Rusk, the 14th amendment and the forcible destruction of US citiz… http://t.co/aGBA3B2rtM via @USCitizenAbroad
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) July 27, 2015
The Supreme Court of the United States has made it clear that those born or naturalized in the United States have a constitutional right to NOT have their citizenship “stripped from them”. I explored this in:
Cook v. Tait 12: Afroyim v. Rusk, the 14th amendment, and the forcible destruction of citizenship
