In a way they’re small laws, local laws. But in a way they are, as one headline reads, huge steps forward toward righteous protections for individuals.<\/p>\n
In the face of a federal government locked in a crazed demolition derby to destroy the essence of good governance, the states must come through to protect us. And Illinois and Washington are:<\/p>\n
Source, the ACLU: Reform Is Finally Coming to Illinois\u2019s Unjust Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Here’s more on the municipal theft known as “forfeiture.”<\/a><\/p>\n Source: Washington gun control law is huge step forward for domestic violence victims<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n And then there’s Jefferson Beauregard Sessions. As states move forward, he spills back:<\/p>\n Source: Jeff Sessions Backs Civil-Asset Forfeiture to Bipartisan Criticism – The Atlantic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Department of Strange Bedfellows (from SCOTUSBlog with my emphasis, just so you don’t miss it):<\/p>\n At Reason\u2019s Hit and Run<\/a> blog, Damon Root observes that Attorney General Jeff Sessions\u2019 recent embrace of civil asset forfeiture puts Sessions \u201con a collision course with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,<\/strong>\u201d who recently stated in a statement respecting the denial of certiorari that the \u201clegal justifications offered in defense of civil asset forfeiture \u2026 cannot be squared with the text of the Constitution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a way they’re small laws, local laws. But in a way they are, as one headline reads, huge steps forward toward righteous protections for individuals. In the face of a federal government locked in a crazed demolition derby to … Continue reading