It strikes me that the problem with Justice Alito&#x27;s analogy is that it presumes guilt. One could retell the story this way: two brothers each received $5000 from a rich uncle on the same day, and also made $5000 selling old vinyl records that turned out to be highly collectible. Then they go and spend $5000 partying. The government comes along and accuses them of attaining the second $5000 through illicit means and freezes their remaining money on the presumption of guilt. Defendants then cannot hire the counsel they desire, lose their case and go to jail. But it wasn&#x27;t drugs they sold, it was vinyl.<p>I&#x27;m not sure that my story would end up changing legal minds, but failing to consider it as a possibility is unpardonable.