Rep. Sensenbrenner Thinks We Can Pay For The Border Wall With More Asset Forfeiture

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President Trump appears to have thrown his support behind asset forfeiture, even as the issue has begun reaching critical mass in the mainstream media. (It's been thoroughly covered by more libertarian publications like Reason for years.) In addition to not being able to "see anything wrong with it," Trump jokingly suggested he'd ruin the careers of politicians mounting reform efforts.

His recent executive orders appear to back this "gloves off" approach to criminal justice. In addition to singling out immigrants as troublemakers, the orders ask law enforcement officials to take a look around and see if they're being constrained by any state or federal laws. Presumably, any recent forfeiture reform legislation would fall under this heading as it prevents law enforcement agencies from acting in the way they've become accustomed: seize first, convict later... if at all.

With Jeff Sessions in place as attorney general, asset forfeiture appears to be headed for the wrong kind of renaissance. Sessions is a firm believer in the general rightness of taking aways citizens' property and due process simultaneously because, as he sees it, the process only affects people who've "done nothing but deal dope their whole lives."

Now, there's this: Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is offering up another bill with a clumsily reverse-engineered acronym -- one that could further pervert the incentives of asset forfeiture.

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[CrispyQ]

1. These fucks are going to do a whole lotta damage.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Hood Robin...take from the poor, give to the rich...nt

[C_U_L8R]

3. Plagiarists

They really need to stop copying everything the Nazis did.

[riversedge]

4. Damn-We had just begun to make a few good reforms in pulling back on the aggressive

ways to taking away personal property. Now we have the excuse of using the money for The Wall.


Steny has lived off the government since he grad. from law school. Lives in a Red district and has grown rich and fat over the years.--No--I do NOT like him.

[pandr32]

5. How about we don't build a wall?

I mean, it was a huge campaign stunt in the first place. Now that Donald has "won" he knows Mexico won't pay for it, but he made it such a huge campaign platform. We don't need it and we sure as hell would better benefit from infrastructure spending--not a disgraceful and expensive massive monument to bigotry.
Sigh.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Hear, hear!

It was a monumentally stupid idea to begin with.

[safeinOhio]

6. Let's have a

Plant a joint in a republicans car day. Then snitch on em.

[lpbk2713]

7. Predatory law enforcement.

Just what we need.

What will happen when a lot of Trump voters fall victim?

I can't wait.

[dalton99a]

8. Assholes trying to outasshole each another