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Board Service Announcements
Re: bitfloor needs your help!
by
blakdawg
on 04/09/2012, 23:07:42 UTC
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As such this amendment refers only to a limit on the government's ability to deprive you of your property without due process, and nothing to do with BitFloor's ability to deprive you of what you believe to be your property until they can determine their legal responsibilities.

It's even better than that - the 5th amendment, itself, only applies to the US federal government - it can be applied to state governments through the privileges & immunities clause of the 14th amendment, which itself has some similar due process language that might be of interest to our legal scholars.

Of course, they're still going to have to make the leap from the constitution's limits on the behavior of governments to controlling the behavior of individuals, which they will likely find impossible; though with just the right mix of capital letters and accusations of Communism it might be possible. If that's not strong enough medicine, season liberally (ha!) with Halliburton, Blackwater, Vince Foster, Oliver North, Obama's birth certificate, Jack Ruby, the Mafia, Paula Jones, and cocaine in south-central LA to taste.