> but this began with gang affiliation lists
Civil courts have been able to exercise significant control of your life, including extended imprisonment without due process, for longer than these lists have been in effect. Frankly Americans have a lot fewer rights than they think they have, including the non-right of due process for being on a government list.
Edit: To pre-empt some comments I know are coming, civil courts do not require due process in the way you probably think of due process: a civil court can act against you without giving you representation, without allowing you to have representation, without you present, in secret from the public, and even without notifying you
EDIT2: While I'm soapboxing I'll note the power the civil court has over you isn't much different than the power three-letter agencies have over you (since they are usually given very broad mandates), it's just that civil courts have been around so much longer it's a good retort to people thinking they used to have rights. Whatever three-letters can't do to you is generally picked up by similar state agencies.
Civil courts have been able to exercise significant control of your life, including extended imprisonment without due process, for longer than these lists have been in effect. Frankly Americans have a lot fewer rights than they think they have, including the non-right of due process for being on a government list.
Edit: To pre-empt some comments I know are coming, civil courts do not require due process in the way you probably think of due process: a civil court can act against you without giving you representation, without allowing you to have representation, without you present, in secret from the public, and even without notifying you
EDIT2: While I'm soapboxing I'll note the power the civil court has over you isn't much different than the power three-letter agencies have over you (since they are usually given very broad mandates), it's just that civil courts have been around so much longer it's a good retort to people thinking they used to have rights. Whatever three-letters can't do to you is generally picked up by similar state agencies.