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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Allowing Wealth Taxes

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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Allowing Wealth Taxes

  • By: Dan Greenberg, Devin Watkins
  • 11/23/2022

Moore v. United States—a case in which CEI represents the Moore family—is likely to be the most important tax case of the 21st century. Yesterday’s…

Legal

Why Cops Should Be Chasing the Bad Guys, Not the Big Bucks

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Why Cops Should Be Chasing the Bad Guys, Not the Big Bucks

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 11/10/2022

A recent episode of Archer featured a dialogue between two FBI agents, both riding on jet skis, chasing a wrongdoer’s boat. Agent One: Whoohoo!…

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Tennessee Corruption Case Raises Questions about Forfeiture and Police Office Culture

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Tennessee Corruption Case Raises Questions about Forfeiture and Police Office Culture

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 07/22/2022

On a summer Tennessee night in 2021, Deputy Daniel Jacobs of the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office attempted, essentially, to sell a 2010 Lincoln MKZ to…

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“They’re Taking My Stuff!” – Now on Video!

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“They’re Taking My Stuff!” – Now on Video!

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 06/08/2022

News that involves the police is inherently dramatic, and stories about what police officers do regularly make the news—asset seizure of hundreds of thousands of…

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages: Do People Facing Forfeiture Get Due Process?

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages: Do People Facing Forfeiture Get Due Process?

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 05/12/2022

A high-profile reversal of a recent civil forfeiture case makes me wonder: Do those who face civil forfeiture generally receive due process of law? That…

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Countering Civil Forfeiture Myths with Facts

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Countering Civil Forfeiture Myths with Facts

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 04/20/2022

Every year, federal, state, and local government agents take—and permanently keep—billions of dollars of Americans’ property through civil forfeiture. The practice of civil forfeiture creates…

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Testimony on Forfeiture Reform before the Tennessee General Assembly

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Testimony on Forfeiture Reform before the Tennessee General Assembly

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 03/30/2022

Earlier today, I testified before the Tennessee General Assembly on HB 2525, a measure that would reform the Volunteer State’s system of asset forfeiture.

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Twelfth in a Series: Love Field Update)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Twelfth in a Series: Love Field Update)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 02/25/2022

A few months ago, I blogged about the curious case of a currency seizure at Dallas Love Field. In December, the Dallas Police Department (DPD)…

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Vermont Considers Major Forfeiture Reform

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Vermont Considers Major Forfeiture Reform

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 02/17/2022

Tomorrow, I will testify before the Vermont General Assembly on H. 533, a measure that would reform the Green Mountain State’s system of asset…

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Eleventh in a Series: Highway Robbery in California)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Eleventh in a Series: Highway Robbery in California)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 02/11/2022

The bandit is the scourge of the traveler. In less developed parts of the world, travelers risk encountering bandits even today. Sometimes the bandit claims…

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New Hampshire Considers Major Forfeiture Reform

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New Hampshire Considers Major Forfeiture Reform

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 02/09/2022

The New Hampshire state legislature’s House Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety is considering a significant change to the Granite State’s forfeiture laws:…

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This Week’s Outrage (Which, Again, Touches on Civil Asset Forfeiture)

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This Week’s Outrage (Which, Again, Touches on Civil Asset Forfeiture)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 01/28/2022

Last week, the Birmingham News published a scorching expose of police practices in the little town of Brookside, Alabama (population 1,253). Brookside has no…

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Tenth in a Series: Baltimore Edition)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Tenth in a Series: Baltimore Edition)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 01/21/2022

This Baltimore Brew news story describes how the Baltimore Police Department (BPD)—like many police departments around the country—seizes millions of dollars, thousands of weapons,…

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages (Ninth in a Series: Texas Edition)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages (Ninth in a Series: Texas Edition)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 01/14/2022

There is a big difference between being accused of misconduct and a court finding of misconduct. Nonetheless, the recent accusations leveled against Nathan Johnson, the…

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Eighth in a Series)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Eighth in a Series)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 01/07/2022

I wish it were harder to find forfeiture outrages to write about, but they keep popping up. This week, I focus on Massachusetts. Here’s a…

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This Week’s Outrage (which Touches on Civil Asset Forfeiture)

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This Week’s Outrage (which Touches on Civil Asset Forfeiture)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 12/23/2021

Last month, The New York Times reported on the way that law enforcement officers take money from the rest of us. I’ve been alternately…

Legal

This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Seventh in a Series)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Seventh in a Series)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 12/17/2021

I’m happy to report that I’ve discovered no new civil forfeiture outrages this week. Instead, I’ll write about two civil forfeiture outrages that are a…

Property Rights

This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Sixth in a Series)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Sixth in a Series)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 12/10/2021

This week’s civil forfeiture outrage begins with a photograph of a police dog crouching over more than $100,000 in U.S. currency. Earlier this week, CBSDFW.COM…

Legal

This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages (Fifth in a Series)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages (Fifth in a Series)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 12/03/2021

I just finished watching one of the most gripping, compelling videos I have ever seen. It’s like a dystopian horror movie—except it’s real. It’s…

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Fourth in a Series)

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This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrage (Fourth in a Series)

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 11/12/2021

Here’s a fascinating story in the Arizona Republic about an appeals court hearing earlier this week. Reporter Perry Vandell’s account of that hearing isn’t…

Legal

The Fruits of Forfeiture in Little Compton

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The Fruits of Forfeiture in Little Compton

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 11/04/2021

The Providence Journal’s Antonia Noori Farzan just published a great story (paywalled) about the Rhode Island town of Little Compton—the second-smallest town in the…

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A Note on Politicized Investment Policy

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A Note on Politicized Investment Policy

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 11/02/2021

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a change in its pension rules. DOL announced that it intends to incorporate political…

Pensions

This Week in Civil Forfeiture Outrages

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This Week in Civil Forfeiture Outrages

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/28/2021

Not for the first time, I came across so many accounts of civil forfeiture outrages this week that I couldn’t narrow them down to just…

Legal

Climate Change Alarmism: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 3

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Climate Change Alarmism: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 3

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/22/2021

A fascinating story in the Huffington Post hits a CEI trifecta: abuse of government authority, climate change alarmism, and reckless spending of civil forfeiture…

Legal

The Philadelphia Steal Mill: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 2

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The Philadelphia Steal Mill: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 2

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/22/2021

The Institute for Justice has just published an extraordinary report on civil forfeiture. For many years, the City of Philadelphia ran what is best…

Legal

The Destruction of a Perfectly Good Corvette Convertible: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 1

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The Destruction of a Perfectly Good Corvette Convertible: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 1

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/22/2021

A colleague suggested that CEI should start up a regular feature: Civil Forfeiture Outrage of the Week. That assignment is more challenging than one might…

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How Civil Forfeiture Can Enable Public Officials’ Misuse of Funds

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How Civil Forfeiture Can Enable Public Officials’ Misuse of Funds

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/04/2021

A fascinating story at Reason last week—about the misuse of money confiscated through civil forfeiture—illuminates the many kinds of corruption that the practice of…

Legal

Must We Be Submissive to the Cops?

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Must We Be Submissive to the Cops?

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 09/16/2021

CEI has just published my paper “They’re Taking My Stuff!”: What You Need to Know about Seizure and Forfeiture.” My interest in this topic…

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