LawCommentary
The California Senate unanimously approved a landmark civil asset forfeiture reform package last week. If signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, the bill would… Read More
LawNews
In a sheriff’s race in one Oklahoma county, the question of whether police can and should be able to seize people’s property without charging them… Read More
LawCommentary
After David Daleiden secretly filmed Planned Parenthood employees discussing the dismemberment and sale of parts of aborted human babies, you may recall, a Texas grand… Read More
LawCommentary
Well-meaning laws designed to nab high-level criminals have been twisted to siphon off money from law-abiding American citizens. The latest abuse of civil asset forfeiture… Read More
LawCommentary
Every school has a class clown. Sometimes that student takes an act of comedy one step too far and garners a detention or, at worst,… Read More
LawCommentary
Founding Father James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers that “It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by… Read More
LawNews
While congressional Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over gun control, proponents of a smaller, often overlooked facet of the Second Amendment’s right to keep and… Read More
LawCommentary
Civil asset forfeiture reform is gaining momentum in federal and state legislatures, and not a moment too soon. As outlined in a Heritage Foundation report,… Read More
LawCommentary
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down its opinion in Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc., that seems to suggest, as George Washington University… Read More
LawNews
CLEVELAND—Despite strong voices from conservative members of the Senate, a trio of Republican governors reaffirmed the Republican Party’s commitment to tackling criminal justice reform. On… Read More
LawCommentary
Is it possible to raise community standards by the belt buckle? Timmonsville, South Carolina, is the latest locale to answer by making it a local… Read More
LawCommentary
Sharing passwords from popular streaming services, like Netflix and HBO, could become a federal crime under a broad federal criminal statute. Last week, a divided… Read More
LawNews
The case of Weldon Angelos is well-told. His prison sentence of 55 years for selling marijuana while possessing a gun helped spark the criminal justice… Read More
LawNews
After more than four years, two congressional hearings, and countless pleas to the IRS and Justice Department, Randy Sowers’ fight with the federal government is finally… Read More
LawNews
Over the last two years, the shortfalls of the civil forfeiture system have garnered attention from both the media and state and federal lawmakers as… Read More
LawNews
In a victory for lawmakers working to make it harder for the government to take property from innocent Americans, the Internal Revenue Service plans to… Read More
LawCommentary
The New Hampshire Legislature adopted a significant bill to protect private property on Thursday, which will reform the practice of civil asset forfeiture in the… Read More
LawCommentary
Some Louisianan children recently opened a lemonade stand and were ticketed for operating a business without an occupational license or paying taxes on their earnings…. Read More
LawNews
For nearly 100 years, Vocatura’s Bakery has been a New England staple. The family business was started in Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1919 and moved… Read More
LawNews
Maryland farmer Calvin Taylor has lived his life always trying to do the right thing. Taylor and his wife Debora operate C.W. Taylor Farms in… Read More
LawNews
On the heels of the House Judiciary Committee’s legislation reforming federal civil forfeiture laws, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and… Read More
LawNews
For more than four years, Maryland dairy farmer Randy Sowers has been fighting the federal government, asking it to right what many say was a… Read More
LawNews
For the last few years, opponents of civil forfeiture have been calling on Congress to make it more difficult for law enforcement to take property,… Read More
LawAnalysis
Thanks to the work of a bipartisan team of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives, federal civil asset forfeiture reform is a significant step… Read More
LawNews
While the unusual coalition of President Barack Obama and conservative groups hold out hope for the chance at what they call the most meaningful reform… Read More
LawNews
A Texas man and his Burmese Christian band, who had $53,000 seized by law enforcement in Muskogee, Okla., in February will get their money back, the… Read More
LawNews
Freedom is pizza, and swimming, but it can also be frustrating, confusing, and not so limitless. “Freedom for me was a little disconcerting because it’s… Read More
LawNews
A new report from the Justice Department found that a police department located in a Chicago suburb used nearly $1 million it received from a… Read More
LawCommentary
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., thinks sending innocent people to federal prison is a joke. He has written the “Flamethrowers? Really? Act” after learning that the… Read More
LawNews
Drivers in Chicago who received tickets from the city’s red light and speed camera systems might see refunds. City officials are currently embattled in a… Read More
