FACEBOOK: THE BIGGEST RAT OF THEM ALL

There are a lot of bad actors in the criminal justice system, and the worst of them all is Facebook. The social media giant is more than just a marketing scam that has sucked the art of conversation out of most of society. Turns out it is also a hypocritical rat. While Facebook sits on […]

IF THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T STEAL YOUR MONEY WHO CAN?

There were a few golden seconds where it appeared regular people and high and mighty legislators were actually on the same page. As local, state, and federal governments got criticized for the legal theft they describe as “civil asset forfeiture” a strange thing happened.  Regular people actually cared about something more complicated than 140 280 characters and our legislators […]

IT’S THE GOVERNMENT’S FAULT THAT YOU NEED A TRIAL LAWYER

Judge Shelley Joseph is the poster-victim for an out of control government. In case you don’t know who she is, the Massachusetts state court judge was indicted by the feds for not playing ball with ICE agents that wanted to pull an allegedly illegal immigrant out of her courtroom.  But this isn’t a post about […]

DID THE FOURTH AMENDMENT FINALLY FIND THE RIGHT PARTNER?

The Fourth Amendment is the most important amendment in the Bill of Rights. All the rest don’t mean a thing if the police can stop you, search you, and seize you at will. And trust me, they can. Courts have spent the last century or so inventing enough exceptions to your right to remain free […]

IS THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT SET TO END CIVIL FORFEITURE?

There are not a lot of civil asset forfeiture fans left. While police chiefs still swear they cannot fight the war on drugs without cleaning out citizens’ pockets, the rest of us aren’t so sure. Somewhere between the margarita machines and outright theft, people have lost their taste for civil asset forfeiture. But all the Reason.com articles in the world […]