by George Leef. According to the Institute for Justice’s grading of the states on how bad they are when it comes to civil asset forfeiture, Arizona is among the worst, getting a grade of D. (Only five states are worse, with D-minus grades.) One reason why Arizona deserves its bad grade is the fact that its law attempts to deter individuals who have had ... MORE
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Showing posts with label property rights. Show all posts
Government Likes To Steal Stuff: How One State Tries To Keep Civil Asset Forfeiture Victims From Fighting Back
by George Leef. According to the Institute for Justice’s grading of the states on how bad they are when it comes to civil asset forfeiture, Arizona is among the worst, getting a grade of D. (Only five states are worse, with D-minus grades.) One reason why Arizona deserves its bad grade is the fact that its law attempts to deter individuals who have had ... MORECalifornia Prosecutors Protect Policing For Profit Practices Allowing Gov't To Seize Property From Innocent Citizens
Law enforcement has better lobby than the citizens. A powerful last minute lobbying effort by a well-connected law enforcement group was more than enough to defeat a bipartisan bill in California last week that would have restricted police from seizing – and keeping – cash and property from innocent citizens. Passing the law, ... MOREJohan Bennett: New Bipartisan Bill Strikes At The Heart Of The Federal Government's Civil Asset Forfeiture Apparatus
Program allows property to be taken without due process. Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu and GOP Rep. Justin Amash just teamed up Wednesday to introduce a bill into the House with the goal of eliminating the Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial marijuana enforcement program. The DEA uses the Domestic Cannabis ... MOREWhy Do Free People Need Permission Slips To Die?
by Jacob Sullum. In a CNN essay
published last October, Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old with terminal
brain cancer, explained why she and her husband had moved from
California to Oregon: so she could legally obtain the barbiturates she
would use to kill herself
on November 1. "I would not tell anyone else that he or she should
choose death ... MORERobert Verbruggen: Donald Trump And Eminent Domain
A brief history. In a free market, there’s a pretty simple process for dealing with the situation that arises when one person covets another’s belongings: The coveter makes an offer to purchase them. If the offer is rebuffed, the coveter can make a new proposal, but he cannot simply take what he wants. It’s an effective way of recognizing the ... MOREIan Lovett: California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide
Individuals gain property rights over themselves. In a landmark victory for supporters of assisted suicide, the California State Legislature on Friday gave its final approval to a bill that would allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives. Four states — Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont — already allow physicians to ... MOREAsset Forfeiture: Do Police Seize Innocent People’s Money?
by Clifton Adcock and Ben Fenwick. On a March evening in 2013, William Cicco drove away from his Broken Arrow home with a paper bag on the front passenger seat containing $15,555 in cash. He and his wife had been arguing. Cicco left with what he said was money from their savings and a second-mortgage loan. He never imagined the cash would ... MOREDonald Trump Has No Respect For Property Rights
by Patrick Holland. Since his entrance into the crowded field for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump’s campaign has caught fire. He is polling above 20 percent, nearly double the support of his closest rival, Ben Carson, and energizing conservatives who believe his brash personality and business experience could transform ... MORE
Rand Paul To Attack Trump Over Eminent Domain Abuse
by Robby Soave. Donald Trump is no friend to private property owners. Vowing to recapture some of the enthusiasm his campaign has lost over the past few weeks, Sen. Rand Paul said he will focus on property issues and eminent domain abuse in order to make the case that Donald Trump is out of step with conservative Republican primary voters. ... MOREEPA Power Grab Incites States To Consider Nullification
by Kyle Maichle. Resisting a claim to every last drop of water in the nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has in recent years imposed numerous new regulatory rules strangling the freedoms of businesses and property owners. Latching on to every possible excuse for regulating economic activities by citing microscopic effects on ... MOREJeffrey Tucker: Everyone Needs Freedom To Discriminate
What is liberty if not free to choose? Following the Supreme Court decision mandating legal same-sex marriage nationwide, the New York Times tells us that, “gay rights leaders have turned their sights to what they see as the next big battle: obtaining federal, state and local legal protections in employment, housing, commerce and other ... MOREHold Law Enforcement Accountable For Forfeiture Abuses
An editorial from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Police and prosecutors have been too happy to trample the rights of law-abiding Americans by abusing the asset forfeiture process. But Nevada authorities’ zeal to steal from unsuspecting citizens for their agencies’ gain compelled them in at least one instance to abuse the justice system ... MOREPC Police Could Be On WarPath Against Redskins
by Guardian Web. Washington’s NFL team could face a battle to retain its ‘Redskins’ trademark after lawyers for Native Americans objecting to the name said last week’s supreme court ruling on license plates in Texas boosted their case. The ruling found that the state of Texas was not required to issue specialty license plates featuring the ... MORERaisins, The Supreme Court, And Food Freedom
by Baylen Linnekin. High Court enforces Fifth Amendment! This was, to put it mildly, a big week for legal news. Given the
decisions on Obamacare and gay marriage that were handed down by the
U.S. Supreme Court during the latter half of the week, it would be easy
to forget that the week started off with a key Supreme Court decision striking ... MOREThe 'Simple' Rules For Fighting Federal Asset Forfeiture
by Scott Shackford. Why most don't bother to try. The Heritage Foundation, as part of a multipartisan effort to help educate Americans about our abuse-prone police civil asset forfeiture system, has produced a lovely pamphlet explaining how the whole racket works, complete with an illustrated story. Reason, along with the American Civil Liberties ... MOREScott Shackford: This Map Details Whether The Asset Forfeiture Laws In Your State Are Good or Awful
(Spoiler: Chances are they’re probably awful.) The liberty-loving activists at FreedomWorks has produced a useful tool to examine the quality of civil asset forfeiture laws (the rules that allow police to seize and often keep money and property from busts) across the states. They've put together a new map that grades each state and ... MORE
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