One of the many things congress can act on but won’t because they believe other things are more important.
“One of the many things congress can act on but won’t because they believe other things are more important.”
They don’t want to do anything because civil asset forfeiture is a major source of funding for police, sheriff’s and federal law enforcement.
And it is funding they don’t have to go to electeds and ask for. The law enforcement agencies seize and then keep the assets under various sharing rules worked out between feds and states.
Seizing citizens property should not be a funding source for law enforcement. Nor should it be a way to bankrupt defendants so they can’t afford a defense lawyer. This procedure is used abusively and should be banned.