Comment by JackFr
7 hours ago
Pretty sure even under DPA, taking without fair compensation would be a violation of the takings clause of 5th Amendment and wouldn't withstand legal scrutiny. If they wanted to get them clandestinely, yeah, they'd likely get away with it, but it is stealing.
To be a taking, it would have to be property. Weights are almost certainly not property.
That's for the courts to decide.