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Lawful on the books. Wrong to the neighbors.
Thirty-two practices that a statute, a regulation, or a Supreme Court opinion permits in at least one American jurisdiction — and that ordinary people still describe as theft, rigging, or abuse.
The dockets
Same conduct, two languages. One is how a neighbor would describe it. The other is how a brief would.
Tax
Rates, basis, and deferral written into the code.
Property
What a deed, a covenant, or a taking can do.
Consumer
Contracts, credit, and prices that clear the statute.
Labor
The default rules of the American job.
State power
Force the law allows before anyone is convicted.
Politics
Speech, maps, and the hiring that follows office.
Corporate
Patents, buybacks, and catalogs.
Privacy
Files and recordings the statute does not cover.
Environment
Custom and seniority as legal shields.
Recently called
A short list. The full docket is filterable.
Civil asset forfeiture
The property is charged, not the person
Eminent domain for private development
Your house, their project
Carried interest
Pay taxed like an investment
Step-up in basis at death
Unrealized gains can vanish
Like-kind exchanges
Sell without paying yet
Opportunity zone deferral
A tax break wearing a hard hat