If anything, I would bet anything that Republicans would be against laws that punish innocent people without trial. Innocent until proven guilty is fundamental to our Justice System, but not so of Federal Civil Forfeiture Laws. Unfortunately, it seems that Donald Trump’s choice for Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, is among that small minority of Americans (14%) who reflexively support civil asset forfeiture because it supposedly helps fight crime. At least, those were his thoughts during a Judiciary Committee hearing on civil asset forfeiture in May 2015.

The committee had listened to testimony from Russ Caswell of Tewksbury, MA. He explained how his family-owned motel was seized by federal and local officials because some of his customers had violated drug laws while in the rooms they had rented. That was sufficient grounds for the seizure, which would have netted the cooperating agencies (the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Tewksbury Police) roughly $2 million after selling the property. Caswell would have lost nearly his entire wealth merely because of criminal activity he did not know about occurred on his property. Sessions then lied and said "95% of the cases are of people who've done nothing in their lives but sell dope.”

Institute for Justice attorney Robert Johnson, who offers this devastating rejoinder: “Before government labels someone a ‘criminal,’ it has to secure a criminal conviction. The fact of the matter is, we have no way to know what portion of civil forfeitures involve genuine ‘criminals,’ as the whole point of civil forfeiture is that government can take property without convicting or even charging anyone with a crime.”

Civil asset forfeiture doesn’t just harm innocent people. It also creates incentives that distort the efforts of police departments away from preventing and solving the worst crimes and toward finding the most lucrative pieces of property to seize. During the same hearing, Senator Sessions said there’s “nothing wrong with having the money be given to the officers who helped develop the case.”

How can any America support such an attack on our Constitution and Justice System?

no, You have a hell of a lot of chutzpah saying that progressives have been indoctrinated into believing lies. When has Trump ever told the t***h? The man is a pathological liar, and everybody but his base seems to knows it!
Nobody takes C*******m seriously. It is a failed ideology, that has little support anywhere in the country. I haven't heard a C*******t open his mouth about anything in years. The real danger in this country towards democracy is the alt right with its neo n**is and klansmen, supported by the President of the United States!

The following Two T***hs and 5 Rules of Life seem to be fairly valid...




SIMPLE T***H 1:

Lovers help each other undress before sex.

However, after sex, they always dress on their own.



Moral of the story -- In life, no one helps you once you're screwed.





SIMPLE T***H 2:

When a lady is pregnant, all her friends touch the stomach and say, "Congrats."

But, none of them comes up to the man - touch his penis and say, "Good job"



Moral of the story -- Hard work is rarely appreciated.



FIVE RULES TO REMEMBER IN LIFE:


1. Money cannot buy happiness - but it's far more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy - but remember the asshole's name.


3. If you help someone when they're in trouble - they will remember you when they're in trouble again.


4. Alcohol does not solve any problems - but then, neither does milk.



AND My "Favorite"..From 80 Years of Life:


5. Many people are alive only because it's illegal to shoot them.




BONUS RULE:


Condoms do not guarantee safe sex. A friend of mine was wearing one when he was shot & k**led by the woman's husband.