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…
Asset Forfeiture Reform Signed into Law in Nebraska
This past Tuesday, Nebraska made history when Governor Pete Ricketts signed LB 1106 into law, completely reforming the state’s asset forfeiture system. In doing so, Nebraska has become the…
Justice Department Restarts Program Used to Take People’s Property Without Due Process
The Department of Justice, on Monday, restarted the Equitable Sharing Program, which allows federal law enforcement agencies to coordinate with their state and local counterparts to pursue forfeiture of…
Now Is the Time to Act on Federal Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform
Santa Claus came a little earlier for those who have been urging for changes to federal civil asset forfeiture laws. The Department of Justice sent a letter to state and…
California Assembly succumbs to misinformation and bullying from opponents of civil asset forfeiture reform
The California Assembly killed legislation on Thursday that would have addressed a concerning loophole in state civil asset forfeiture law. The loophole allows state and local law enforcement to…
Find out why this Congressman called civil asset forfeiture “legal robbery” and “completely unconstitutional”
The federal government’s civil asset forfeiture laws have been the target of well-deserved and long overdue criticism from conservatives, libertarians, and even progressives. As FreedomWorks recently noted in From…
Federal government threatens states considering comprehensive civil asset forfeiture reform
The Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury are interfering in a debate over a piece of legislation currently in the California Assembly that would close a loophole in…
Court orders return of an innocent man’s money, but the federal government isn’t letting it go
Straughn Gorman was driving on Interstate 80 in Elko County, Nevada in January 2013 when he was pulled over by a state patrolman for driving too slowly in the passing…
From High Seas to Highway Robbery: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Became One of the Worst Forms of Government Overreach
Perhaps one of the most frequent questions FreedomWorks gets from our grassroots community when they hear the many stories of innocent people whose property has been wrongfully taken from them…
Unlikely allies in the California Legislature urge colleagues to protect innocent people from abuse of federal forfeiture law
UPDATE: The Assembly Public Safety Committee unanimously approved SB 443 on Tuesday, though it was amended. The bill will have to go through the Appropriations Committee before it heads…