Civil forfeiture

Rand Paul Introduces FAIR Act to Abolish Civil Forfeiture

by Scott Horton | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog

Dear Senator, we like it when you do good things. Very much.

USA: Quite Literally a Police State

by Scott Horton | Apr 10, 2019 | Blog

Tennessee legislator says his colleagues are afraid to end the power of civil asset forfeiture in their state due to the backlash they will receive from the police who "enjoy" that power: “Law enforcement likes to have this revenue, I would assume, because there’s not...

Supreme Court Rejects Guilty Until Proven Innocent

by Institute for Justice | May 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice

Says States Cannot Keep Money From The Innocent With so many constitutional rights under siege, it’s welcome news when one of them is defended. Reaffirming the presumption of innocence, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law last month that forced criminal...

Civil Forfeiture is Unjust

by Scott Bullock and Sen. Rand Paul | Apr 24, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice

Sen. Paul, Scott Bullock: Civil forfeiture has ruined countless lives. It's long overdue for reform Justice Clarence Thomas made headlines last month when he criticized civil forfeiture, a notorious police practice that allows law enforcement to confiscate property,...

Civil asset forfeiture challenged by Rand Paul

by Jack Hunter | Mar 18, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice

Rand Paul introduces the most sweeping reform of civil asset forfeiture law in decades Sen. Rand Paul has long taken the lead in calling for the reform of civil asset forfeiture laws, a controversial police practice in which authorities basically steal the property of...

Ohio Near Requiring Convictions for Forfeiture

by Nick Sibilla | Dec 12, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice

Late yesterday, the Ohio House and Senate overwhelmingly passed HB 347, an important overhaul of the state’s civil forfeiture laws. Under current law, Ohioans do not have to be convicted, much less charged with a crime, for the government to take their property...

The IRS Stole My Father’s Life Savings

by Layla K. Quran | Nov 22, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice

My father, Khalid, has been robbed twice at his convenience store in Greenville, N.C. The first time happened a few winters ago – the thief stole $2,000 before bashing my father in the head with a gun barrel. Then in June 2014, my father was robbed again. This time,...

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US Surface Navy is No Longer a Global Force

The US Navy may credibly dominate the Atlantic but the Pacific Ocean is no longer an exclusive US naval domination calculus. The Arctic is still dominated by the Russians and will remain so. The US Navy's ability to build functioning surface ships is compromised...

The Family Will Never Get Over It – Anti-War Blog

The Middle East Eye reports of desperate screams as Muhammad Bhar, a 24-year old Palestinian man with down syndrome was attacked by Israelil military dogs. The IDF soldiers watched on as the animals mauled the helpless Muhammad. He was then left to die from his...

Assassin Murders Bystander

Twenty Year old Thomas Mathew Crooks murdered a bystander and injured others in an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Trump suffered, a bullet injuring his ear. The killer was shot dead by a secret service counter sniper. The crowd...

Kyle Anzalone on Judge Nap: The Hannibal Directive

Check out Kyle’s latest appearance on Judge Napolitano’s show, ‘Judging Freedom,’ where they discuss recent reporting by Haaretz suggesting Israel's military repeatedly invoked the infamous 'Hannibal Directive' during Hamas' October 7 attack. The Hannibal policy calls...

US Government Teachers: The Overseas Army of Marxian Educators

When I was active duty and deployed overseas, we thankfully home educated our children because the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is just as rancid and immoral as the government schools in CONUS. They lied, the DoDEA did not cancel their IED...

Interview: Julian Assange Freed + Palestine’s Ancient History

Mike Leavitt and I discuss the US government’s criminalization of journalism and the pre-Israel history of Palestine.

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