Take a look @ Link!
YES!!!
That would apply to Federal *and* state seizures.
Actually...instead of ten business days make that five business days.
Occasionally their is an A/F done to a moron who thought they could carry over $10,000 in cash through an airport.
But the vast majority of forfeitures are done to drug cartels.
A legit traffic stop is made to a man in Oklahoma who is travelling from Texas to Illinois. He has $80,000 in cash and does not know why. He voluntarily surrenders the cash and walks away.
That is a typical A/F.
And believe it or not - I’ve had FReepers argue that even that goes too far.
Of course they are pro-dopers, so it kinda makes sense.
This is an issue that I hope Trump gets behind. That everyone should be behind. It’s a clear violation of due process.
The Police State, and all who profit from the ‘drug war’ will not be happy at all with this. I don’t expect it to pass, because there is just too much money in this pot.
I remember when Henry Hyde was fighting this lonely fight over 20 years ago. Unfortunately, there is not much appetite in Washington to seize less private property.
It looks good, reasonably based on Congress’s 14th Amendment power to strengthen constitutionally enumerated protections.
From the 14th Amendment:
"Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
"Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
Insights welcome.
Send "Orange Man Bad" federal and state government Democrats and RINOs home in November!
Supporting PDJT with new patriot federal and state government leaders that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping SARS-CoV-2 will effectively give fast-working Trump a "third term" in office imo.
YES!!
Due process!!
ending these police thefts of citizens’ private property will go a long ways to reform what needs fixing
and its years late!!!!!
why the Hell hasn’t this damned police state theft racket been ended long ago?!
Bravo...
ABOUT TIME!