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AnthonyMouse on June 16, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rep. Nadler now saying CNET story (NSA recording c...

>What he can't do is confiscate your 500 shares in AT&T or other US property without any legal proceeding.

Are you sure that would be unconstitutional rather than "only" a violation of various treaties and an act likely to cause powerful entities to respond politically?

rdouble on June 16, 2013 [–]

Property rights ranking above human rights is neither implausible nor inconsistent in the America that I live in.

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