Entries by Sebastian Rucci

Civil asset forfeiture creates perverse incentives that can cost you your property.

Civil asset forfeiture creates perverse incentives that can cost you your property. By Steven W. Hawkins ContributorAug. 24, 2016, at 2:45 p.m. U.S. News & World Report More Protect property owners.(TRAVELER1116/GETTY STOCK IMAGES) Did you know that inanimate objects could be found “guilty” in a court of law and ultimately become the property of the […]

Good and bad news on civil asset forfeiture

Good and bad news on civil asset forfeiture Saraland, Ala., police show off bundles of cash seized in an April 2008 traffic stop on Interstate 65. Saraland, Ala., police show off bundles of cash seized in an April 2008 traffic stop on Interstate 65. Author By ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER | Orange County Register January 5, […]

Distracted media missed the asset forfeiture issue

Apparently the President of the United States is now in the business of threatening political careers. After being told by a Texas sheriff about a state senator who had introduced a bill to require convictions before seizing assets from criminals, the president interjected, “Can you believe that? Who is the state senator? Do you want […]

Justice Thomas Defends Victims of Policing for Profit

Civil asset forfeiture is arbitrary and unfair, and it gives law enforcement the wrong incentives. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is well known for staying silent during oral arguments, but his written statement in response to Monday’s denial of certiorari in Leonard v. Texas posed a question that was heard loud and clear throughout the […]

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Where Due Process Goes to Die

Police can take your money or property and keep it, even if no charges are filed. Clarence Thomas is famously taciturn on the bench. But his few words carry a great deal of weight. TOP STORIES Nikki Haley’s Sin Isn’t Racism The Hard Realities Facing Ron DeSantis Maine Secretary of State Rules Trump Is Disqualified […]