FBI seized PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, UB.com,...  domain names
Reagan is the one who signed "asset forfeiture" into law. I remember at the time reading newspaper articles claiming this was "just going to be used to keep drugs off the streets" and how "law enforcement are outgunned and now can defend themselves against drug dealers".<p>It was obvious to me then that this was a violation of due process.  Also, it is not authorized by the constitution, and thus every act of seizure under it is criminal act. (There is a federal law that makes it a felony to violate constitutional rights under color of law. Fourth amendment prohibits this.)<p>Notably, Bush the First, Clinton, Bush the Second and Obama have not made any moves to undo this legislation.<p>Meanwhile, this has been used to take money from bikers on their way to buy a motorcycle, and random motorists in Florida and Texas who get pulled over for speeding.  "It could be drug money" says the "law enforcement officers" who take life savings and then <i>spend it on themselves</i>.<p>Just because they haven't seized your assets yet, doesn't mean you aren't at risk.<p>When the government can take whatever it wants, without any legal restraint, and in violation of the ultimate law of the land, that government is not a legitimate government.<p>We should be outraged.  We should be throwing the bums out-- from Obama down to the local state congresspeople or local sheriffs and judges who fail to take actions overturning this, or who themselves participate in this.  It does not matter what party they are from, they are all culpable, and they are all criminals.<p>Edited:  I removed the reference to my property that was stolen by the FBI because it prompted many people to attack me below.  I really would rather the discussion be about how to resolve this issue for domain names, or maybe some discussion about how to overturn these seizure laws.<p>Edited: I've made the legal case in defense of those wrongfully convicted.  I cannot keep up with the tide of people who have no citations of the law, but are quick to disparage me personally, for my crime of defending victims here.<p>Frankly, I think that the ease with which people assume that "naturally" these people were "bad guys" and therefore what they did was "illegal" despite the law and the constitution, is the very proof of my central point that the government is out of control, and they are getting away with it because people can't be bothered to challenge the belief-- taught by government in government schools-- that the "rule of law" holds sway.