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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Watch ‘Atrocity Inc: How Israel Sells Its Destruction Of Gaza’

This new documentary exposes how hoax claims about Hamas’s 10/7 operation have been used to manufacture consent for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

On “Election Integrity”

The government openly claims the right to control everyday decisions millions of people make with taxes and regulations. Why would they have some exception for who gets to run for (or be elected) President of the United States? The same deep state Domestic Imperialist...

US Navy Can’t Weld

Fire all uniformed flag officers in the chain. Releive all SES and naval civilians leaders in the chain. Immediately. And this is peacetime. And keep this in mind, find this many faulty welds and ALL welds on the ship have to be inspected and certified. That is very...

Watch This Antiwar Message from The Libertarian Institute!

The Libertarian Institute has produced this urgent plea for humanity to choose peace over war.

Richman Interviewed on “Ideas Having Sex”

Chris Kaufman interviewed me about my book What Social Animals Owe to Each Other on his podcast Ideas Having Sex. Listen here or on your podcast platform.

US Navy Follies: The Other Ghost Fleet

The US Navy and Marines have not conducted an amphibious assault on contested beach since Inchon in Korea (10-19 September 1950 although arguably the last major contested amphibious campaign in May of 1945 of Okinawa) and have practically abandoned surface maritime...

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