para bellum
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I never invoked the 6th amendment. I recognize the copy/paste and I know that's the justification the judge uses.I can see you've never come near a CPLR.
The 6th amendment (right to jury trial) is ONLY for criminal trials.
And the right to jury trial under common law, doesn't extend to trials of equity.
A court of equity, also known as an equity court or chancery court, is a court authorized to apply principles of equity rather than principles of law to cases brought before it.
Hence no constitutional rights were violated.
But it's a crock of shit. If this is the way the law was meant to be used it's unconstitutional. Everyone is entitled to due process.
You can't just deem someone guilty of a non-crime and have an unrestricted right to take their property.