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Goodbye separation of powers

2014-04-30 01:53:51.394007+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Is the DOJ Forcing Banks to Terminate the Accounts of Porn Stars? It may be the US DOJ:

It’s called Operation Choke Point, and it has nothing to do with deep-throating.

Instead, it’s a targeted effort to shut down as many as 30 separate industries by making it impossible for them to access banking services.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Thursday, American Bankers Association CEO Frank Keating wrote that the Justice Department is “telling bankers to behave like policemen and judges.”

Extrajudicial punishment. What could possibly go wrong? Via Reason.

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#Comment Re: made: 2014-04-30 02:40:13.240868+02 by: meuon

Isn't this the kind of crap we complain about in theocratic countries with stone-age religious ideologies?

#Comment Re: made: 2014-04-30 22:21:46.413134+02 by: Dan Lyke

Yes.

And MeFi has a thread now: http://www.metafilter.com/138735/Chase-declares-war-on-porn

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