Supreme Court Blasts Civil Asset Forfeiture

[roberth]

Supreme Court Blasts Civil Asset Forfeiture; Explains To Indiana That The Constitution Applies There

https://www.redstate.com/streiff/201...ution-applies/

It is hard to overstate just how important this ruling is. It clearly sets the groundwork for successful attacks on civil asset forfeiture everywhere. The fact that the decision is 9-0 means there is limited ability to skirt it. Now it is a matter of time until it simply becomes too expensive for law enforcement agencies to engage in an action that is guaranteed to land them in court with a very, very weak hand.

[Irving]

Thank goodness. This is an issue that is very important to me.

[wctriumph]

Unless of course, there are firearms in the vicinity of the not a crime..

[Irving]

Since there doesn't have to be evidence of a crime, what protection do you have? Is a withdrawal receipt from the bank enough? If I'm carrying enough cash to be a candidate for civil forfeiture, you can bet I'll also be armed, if not wearing some type of body armor. All of that would look mighty fishy to a police officer, since everything looks fishy to a police officer.

[Great-Kazoo]

Since there doesn't have to be evidence of a crime, what protection do you have? Is a withdrawal receipt from the bank enough? If I'm carrying enough cash to be a candidate for civil forfeiture, you can bet I'll also be armed, if not wearing some type of body armor. All of that would look mighty fishy to a police officer, since everything looks fishy to a police officer.

Well you're white, so










You're fucked

[Irving]

Well you're white, so










You're fucked

Let's be real here. My whiteness isn't hurting me at all.

[TFOGGER]

I'm wondering about using this to attack Red Flag laws. If they can't seize property without a criminal conviction(or without a warrant issued to collect evidence in a criminal case), doesn't that make Red Flag seizure even more unconstitutional?

[Skip]

I'm wondering about using this to attack Red Flag laws. If they can't seize property without a criminal conviction(or without a warrant issued to collect evidence in a criminal case), doesn't that make Red Flag seizure even more unconstitutional?

One would think.

When Red Flag gets people killed (and it has in other states) it won't just be the guns that are seized, but life!

[RblDiver]

Definitely a step in the right direction. While it didn't "outlaw" it (so to speak), it definitely makes CF a lot more difficult. I think it'd now be pretty easy to sue the seizing body if they take your property without any sort of conviction to back it up.

[brutal]

Being they also addressed egregious fines, how long before someone lowers the boom on those imposed by the EPA on regular folk?

ETA: Particularly egregious after nothing was done to the EPA or contractor that caused the Gold king mine spill.