“Civil Asset Forfeiture is a direct offshoot of the war on drugs. And any conservative who doesn’t condemn it isn’t a real conservative.”
I am utterly & disgusted by this process. I have no problem seizing the assets of some druggy or mobster - if it can be PROVEN that the assets were gained through illegal means.
Why the SC refused to take up this case - leaving it to Thomas to offer his (non-binding?) opinion is disturbing.
Hmmm - drop the ‘&’...
The SC needs four justices to vote to take the case. My guess is that the anti-seizure justices felt they weren't going to get a fifth vote, and didn't want to have a SC decision upholding seizure. They may revisit the issue if Kennedy or Ginsberg goes and is replaced by a constitutional originalist.