Support the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act, S. 4074
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act, S. 4074. Introduced by Sens.
FreedomWorks Foundation Releases Updated Version of From High Seas to Highway Robbery
In July 2015, FreedomWorks Foundation published an issue brief, From High Seas to Highway Robbery: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Became One of the Worst Forms of Government Overreach, which documented…
Support the DUE PROCESS Act, H.R. 2835
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights of Citizens from…
Congress Reins in IRS Abuse of Federal Forfeiture Laws
Last week, the Senate very quietly passed the Taxpayer First Act, H.R. 3151. The bill, which now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature, seeks to improve…
Support the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act, H.R. 1895
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act, H.R. 1895. Introduced…
A Small Victory Against Civil Asset Forfeiture at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court issued an opinion on Wednesday that is a shot across the bow of defenders of civil asset forfeiture. In a unanimous judgment, the justices incorporated the Excessive…
A Last Shot at Reining in IRS Abuse of Asset Forfeiture in the 115th Congress
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a long, well-documented history of abusing federal forfeiture laws. They seize assets from innocent Americans on the mere suspicion of malfeasance. If the IRS…
Supreme Court Likely to Deliver a Long Overdue Blow to Civil Asset Forfeiture
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Timbs v. Indiana. The case centers around the use of civil asset forfeiture and whether or not to incorporate the…
Ways and Means Republicans Demand Answers from DOJ on Refusal to Return Wrongfully Seized Money
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee want to know why the Department of Justice (DOJ) has denied petitions by Americans whose money was seized by the Internal Revenue…
Omnibus Doesn’t Include Prohibition on DOJ’s Property Grab
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, H.R. 1625, is packed full of legislative priorities for leadership and other items to get enough votes for passage. Most of what was negotiated and slipped…