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31. Constitutional protections do not extend to requiring banks to do business with them.

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 04:01 PM

Apr 2014

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Operation Choke Point- The DOJ using banks to shut down industries they don't like [View all] n2doc Apr 2014 OP

That is the Patriot act at work hootinholler Apr 2014 #1

And this is mission creep at work. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #22

So when banks find themselves breaking the law... Make7 Apr 2014 #4

Law. That's a funny one! Orrex Apr 2014 #6

Can't do that. There would be no banks, just credit unions. L0oniX Apr 2014 #20

Types of High Risk Payments FarCenter Apr 2014 #5

Not when the USDOJ tells banks to shut down accounts n/t 951-Riverside Apr 2014 #32

OTOH that list pscot Apr 2014 #10

First they came for the bunko artists. (nt) Orrex Apr 2014 #11

+1 Historic NY Apr 2014 #27

+1 (...until DU ends up on that list) 951-Riverside Apr 2014 #30

Yes they should be allowed for ill gotten gain...... Historic NY Apr 2014 #33

No, they should have their day in court. 951-Riverside Apr 2014 #34

Well if you live in as state where fireworks are illegal the Historic NY Apr 2014 #35

The idea of innocent until proven guilty is dead. Savannahmann Apr 2014 #9

No Lurker Deluxe Apr 2014 #23

I'll take anything that Frank Keating has to say with a grain of salt madokie Apr 2014 #12

I'm sure he has his own agenda Major Nikon Apr 2014 #17

+1... IthinkThereforeIAM Apr 2014 #19

Because Terrorists! n/t hughee99 Apr 2014 #13

The answer is obvious FrodosPet Apr 2014 #14

No judge. No jury. No justice. n/t 951-Riverside Apr 2014 #15

HBSC shuts itself down for laundering drug money? L0oniX Apr 2014 #18

My first thought as well BrotherIvan Apr 2014 #21

Sort of curious, that one. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #24

You see what's happened to this fucking country? Enthusiast Apr 2014 #25

First they choked off the porn stars, but I didn't say anything rocktivity Apr 2014 #26

Now where is the congressional oversight on this matter? Dawson Leery Apr 2014 #28