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Civil Asset Forfeiture in the USA Today

Civil Asset Forfeiture in the USA Today

Asa things have progressed many of the States have been making it more difficult to forfeit property without proving an actual crime occurred. Montana requires a charge be filed within 45 days in order to pursue an asset forfeiture.


The Freedom to Record in Public

The Freedom to Record in Public

May be a first amendment right (and probably should be). A lot of people that work with the public don’t particularly care for this, but often times its the appearance of things that is more important than the ability to do or not do something (if you can’t record certain people because of their job or station when they are in public, it implies they have something to hide.


Cops Breaking Into the Wrong Home on a No-Knock Raid Can't Be Sued

Cops Breaking Into the Wrong Home on a No-Knock Raid Can't Be Sued

The police break into the wrong home belonging to a 78 year old they throw to the ground and the court decides the police and the government are protected by “qualified immunity.”


Federal Law Enforcement to Wear Body Cameras

Federal Law Enforcement to Wear Body Cameras

“The Justice Department will require federal agents to wear body cameras when executing arrest warrants or searching buildings, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Monday, reversing a longstanding federal policy as more local police agencies mandate the devices for accountability.”


Supreme Court Denies Challenge to the Draft

Supreme Court Denies Challenge to the Draft

From a philosophical and moral perspective the draft should be abolished.�? If you believe in the moral justification for war, then by definition you shouldn’t need to force people to engage in it.


False Convictions and Wrongful Convictions

False Convictions and Wrongful Convictions

It is often hard to believe that people will admit to things they didn’t do, but it happens more often than people believe.�? A pretty good summation of the phenomenon is right here.


The Cycle of Debt and Suspended Licenses

The Cycle of Debt and Suspended Licenses

Can often be unending and impossible to get out of once the whole is dug deep enough.�? The working poor often have vehicles that aren’t working well


Gun Sales Spike

Gun Sales Spike

A fifth of the gun owners are new gun owners, and the volume of firearms being purchased is higher than it has been before.


Safety Deposit Boxes Aren't Safe

Safety Deposit Boxes Aren't Safe

Here’s the article and video of the FBI searching a woman’s safety deposit box despite it being outside of the warrant and a lack of any evidence of doing anything wrong.


Bullet Dodged So to Speak

Bullet Dodged So to Speak

Supreme Court refuses to hear inmates plea for a firing squad.