New Mexico passes a sweeping bill to protect innocent people’s property from civil asset forfeiture
The New Mexico Legislature passed a sweeping civil asset forfeiture reform bill last week to protect innocent people’s property and due process rights. The bill, HB 560, effectively…
Justice for All: FreedomWorks’ 5 Principles for a Better Justice System
The American justice system is collapsing under its own weight. Big government policies passed by Congress have led to a justice system that traps nonviolent offenders in an endless cycle.
Wait, the government can take YOUR property without convicting you of a crime?
Civil asset forfeiture laws allow the government to seize private property, even when citizens’ haven’t been charged with a crime. These laws are a glaring violation of our 5th Amendment…
Senator Rand Paul on Justice Reform
Last Friday Senator Rand Paul spoke at Bowie State University about the need to reform our justice system. He spoke of the need to reform a system where 2 million…
Wyoming misses a great opportunity to protect innocent people from abuse of civil asset forfeiture
Seeing the growing backlash toward abuses of civil asset forfeiture laws by law enforcement agencies across the country, Wyoming lawmakers recently passed legislation that would enact strong protections for innocent…
CPAC Panel on Asset Forfeiture
The practice of asset forfeiture has been a hot topic in Washington D.C. lately, whether it has been Attorney General Eric Holder announcing the federal government will no longer…
Lawsuit forces a Nevada county to return innocent people’s money illegally taken through civil asset forfeiture
In November 2013, Trevor Paine was on his through Humboldt County, Nevada on his way to California when he was stopped by a deputy from local sheriff’s department for driving…
IRS Abuses Power By Seizing Small Businesses Bank Accounts
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a lengthy record of abusing power. The IRS’s abuse of power is not restricted to targeting tea party groups but it also includes seizing…
House Hearing on Civil Forfeiture
Imagine this, you are moving from Michigan to California to start a new life and your dad gave you $2,500 to help you start out on your feet. While driving…
Civil Asset Forfeiture: When Due Process and Property Rights Don’t Count
On February 6 the Federalist Society held as Civil Asset Forfeiture Update on Capitol Hill with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Institute for Justice as cosponsors. The event…