"Bring back Prize Courts!" Topic
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| doc mcb | 15 Dec 2025 5:30 p.m. PST |
LOL, no idea if this is tongue in cheek or for real. link final paragraph: President Trump wants to reduce the national debt without raising taxes, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth wants to bring back the warrior ethos. I submit that instituting prize courts and imposing no season or size limit on "dark fleet" ships could make both men wildly successful while throttling Venezuela's and Iran's revenue streams and hamstringing China's ability to fight a war. |
 John the OFM  | 15 Dec 2025 6:09 p.m. PST |
Well….
There is the Paris Declaration of 1856, outlawing privateering, but the United States is not a signatory. 🤷
We've honored it, more or less.
But Rand Paul, my favorite Gonzo constitutionalist, has been introducing bills that don't pass regarding Lettres of Marque.
Interestingly enough, article 1 of the Constitution says that only CONGRESS can issue such Lettres. Not the "Secretary of War (🙄)" or POTUS.
Let's hope that this stays an an amusing "what if". The thing about Prize Court is that the Government has to pay for what is seized. Then Da Gubmint has to sell the cargo to make a profit. Do we really want the American government selling dope? There are those who say they already are. 🤷🙄😱🤔 |
| doc mcb | 15 Dec 2025 8:42 p.m. PST |
Not dope, but it already sells oil. Be nice to hv a big fleet of tankers, though. |
| John the OFM | 15 Dec 2025 8:57 p.m. PST |
There are those who say that the CIA has always been behind the "trade".
Who am I to gainsay such decent hardworking conspiracy theorists? 🤔 |
 ochoin | 15 Dec 2025 10:27 p.m. PST |
Sounds good. Can we hang perpetrators who illegally seize vessels as pirates too? |
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