The DEA's Warrantless Cash Grab
Drug squads snag $4 billion using asset forfeiture.
If making people prove their innocence to get their property back violates due process, what about civil forfeiture?
Arizona is the only state that does not require proof of sexual intent to convict someone of molesting children.
Civil forfeiture encourages cops to loot first and ask questions never.
A Supreme Court case shows how prosecutors get away with hiding evidence that could help defendants.
An innocent person faces a 20 percent probability of being found guilty under a preponderance of the evidence standard.
GMU law scholar David Bernstein on how liberal and conservative judges can find common ground by embracing the right to pursue work.
University wouldn't let male fraternity brother file a Title IX complaint against his accuser, because of "retaliation."
The president signs a bill overriding a Social Security rule that would have arbitrarily nullified Second Amendment rights.
The order reportedly exempts visa holders and Iraqis as well as legal permanent residents.
Due process protections preserved for those getting Social Security benefits.
"I would not want this to happen to anybody," says Grant Neal, formerly of Colorado State University-Pueblo. "I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy."
What will the president do to address the 9th Circuit's due process concerns?
The appeals court thinks many people affected by the executive order have plausible due process claims.
Unlike the president, Neil Gorsuch understands the role of an independent judiciary.
The SCOTUS nominee plumbs the peculiarities of prohibition in cases involving imitation pot and medical marijuana.
The SCOTUS nominee is not afraid to challenge the government when it exceeds the law.
Executive action targeted travelers from seven Muslim-dominated countries.
They take $5 billion and give back $100 million to crime victims. These numbers don't add up.
It's the worst defense of civil asset forfeiture you'll read today, or possibly ever.
The program purports to treat people with statutorily defined mental illnesses but has not cured any.
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds lays out reform that will maintain antidiscrimination law while taming its excesses.
Rulings deem Indiana and North Carolina laws unconstitutionally vague and unjustifiably wide.
The sites are thought to have accounted for roughly half of all child porn websites on the dark web.
Washington's new law authorizing court-ordered disarmament is even worse than California's.
Group says Santa Fe tosses misdemeanor violators in jail if they can't pay-and starves them, too.
Senate sponsor on removal of conviction requirement: 'They want the money.'
People's homes and businesses threatened unless they sign away rights.
'No fly, no buy' rears its unconstitutional head at the debate.
Sacrificing liberty in times of fear will not keep citizens safe.
Group lists safeguards governments should follow before hacking citizens.
Police will have to get convictions in many cases before taking people's stuff.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals says due process requires allowing a mistake-of-age defense.
Biased Title IX investigator relied upon an anonymous tip. The victims never filed complaints.
'We need to get the administrative investigation concluded so we can make a preponderance call and expel prior to graduation.'
On immigration, surveillance, torture, and press freedom, Trump's ideas are not just bad-they're unconstitutional.
The Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act relies on an FBI standard we are not allowed to know.
If the government can take away our natural rights to travel and self-defense, can other fundamental rights be far behind?
Susan Collins' Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act still flouts due process, but for fewer people.
Feinstein's bill would affect hundreds of thousands of people, not just suspected terrorists.
The Senate will soon consider her proposal and two others aimed at stopping "suspected terrorists" from buying firearms.
Yet all sides seem to support one really terrible solution.
Americans should not lose their Second Amendment rights without due process.
Reforms would give people more protections from asset forfeiture abuse.
Joins nine other states and D.C. in restrictions.
OCR's budget should be reduced to zero.