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A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled strongly in favor of property rights and against unlawful government confiscation.

Asset Forfeiture and Highway Robbery

A person carrying large sums of money is at risk of it being taken away by the government.

SCOTUS: States Subject to Limits on Seizure, Too

How excessive is the practice of civil assess forfeiture? The justices were unanimous.

SCOTUS, the States, Forfeiture, and the Eighth Amendment

The court will likely strike down the abusive practice by law enforcement of excessive civil asset seizures.

Reining in Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse

Sessions insisted forfeiture is a "key tool" for enforcement. A constitutionally dubious money spigot for government is more like it.

Sessions Plans to Increase Civil Asset Forfeiture

The AG is a stand-up law-and-order guy, but this should sound alarms for people who fear the overreach of government power.

IRS Takes Advantage of Forfeiture Law

Millions seized from individuals who were innocent of any criminal activity.

Billions in Civil Asset Plunder

A new DOJ report sheds light on a very problematic police revenue source.

Government-Orchestrated Theft

The IRS has a nasty habit of turning justice on its head.

Not Drug Money, Just Christian Cash for Orphans

$53,000 seized with no proof of crime.

Florida Reforms Its Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have due process in the Sunshine State.

Feds Welcome Back Civil Asset Forfeiture

There's nothing just about this program run by the "Department of Justice."

Asset Forfeiture Provides Windfall for Law Enforcement

The Justice Department has temporarily put a stop to the practice.

Law Enforcement Loves Legal Larceny

During a talk radio debate last week, Tulsa's district attorney, Steve Kunzweiler, warned that civil forfeiture reform would invite "some of the most violent people in the history of this planet" to set up shop in Oklahoma, making decapitated bodies "hung from bridges" a familiar sight in the Sooner State. Last month, Steve Jones, an assistant district attorney, told Tennessee legislators "criminals will thank you" for making it harder to confiscate people's property.

The Need for Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform

The French philosopher Frederic Bastiat warned of "legal plunder."

When Cops Steal From Innocent Civilians: Civil Forfeiture Undermines the Justice System

Not many people make a habit of carrying large amounts of cash around. After all, thieves could steal it. How ironic, then, that a growing threat to your money is the people you'd call if your money was stolen: the police. And all because of a little-known law-enforcement tool known as civil forfeiture. It allows police departments to keep the proceeds from whatever property they seize in the course of conducting an investigation or making an arrest.

IRS Promises to Return Seized $100K to Business Owner

Civil Forfeiture Has Many Victims

IRS Practices Civil Asset Forfeiture — Due Process Not Necessary