Key Votes on Amendments to H.R. 3055
On behalf of FreedomWorks activists nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote in the manner prescribed for each amendment below to the…
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…
Incentives Are All Wrong in the Federal Justice System
The ever-growing federal justice system is broken. Archaic policies from the 80s and 90s encourage corruption, waste taxpayer money, ruin the lives of nonviolent criminals, and ultimately contribute to the…
How the Government Can Take YOUR Stuff (Without Ever Charging You With A Crime)
The thing about civil asset forfeiture is it could affect anybody, at any time. Imagine you are the average young parent. You have two children and are living in the…
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…
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Approved in D.C. Legislature
On Tuesday, the D.C. Council unanimously endorsed a bill that aims to seriously reform the practice of civil asset forfeiture by the Metropolitan Police Department. The second and final vote…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Obamacare Individual Mandate
On Wednesday, The Hill reported that the Obama administration had begun to implement the individual mandate at the heart of Obamacare. Noting its unpopularity, rules have been written by…