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Please explain how the Supremacy Clause would be grounds for a Federal Judge to order the Executive branch not to seize the private property of individuals.
GL wouldn't be the ones taking the truck back from the second or third purchaser.
The Federal government would. And they will get it if they know you have it and they want it.
Stimulus for GM. "If you want a Blazer, you do like the rest of the peasants and buy a brand new one!"
Er, isn't that what they did with the hummer and AM General?
eta: Tho that raises an interesting question:
How were the owners of surplus auction sold humvee's treated? Did the .gov try to...
What's really sad/strange is that I had an EUC returned as approved yesterday... and another sent to battle creek, today.
That doesn't mean anything one way or the other, regarding whether or not we'll be able to keep our property. They could very well know we'll all have to return them...
According to a GL Site manager, the reason for all the deuces being reclassified as demil F was because of the detection of radiation coming from a gauge. And they've already given the yard manager the specifics on the demil procedure, i.e. where to cut the frames.
No, I did not hear this...
You're not obligated in any way to GL as a secondary buyer. They're just a private entity same as you or anyone else.
You are, however, obligated to give any property you own to the Federal government if it asks for it. Whether they owned it originally or not. Including your house, cars, and...
The Constitution explicitly says that the government MAY NOT take property without compensation.
If they paid 10k and the government only gives them 1k, that is not compensation, in my book.
Honesty.
You mean like selling trucks that are past their utility to the military to the civilians who paid for them in taxes in the first place... only to arbitrarily demand them back after same civilians put in countless hours and significant wealth into transporting and restoring them? That...
Well, that doesn't sound very official... but it doesn't sound very good, either.
First off, whom did you get a letter from? Govliquidation or the government?
Second, would you mind posting the exact text of the letter, minus any personal details?