https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/great-moments-in-asset-forfeiture-law/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:06:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/great-moments-in-asset-forfeiture-law/comment-page-1/#comment-356909 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:06:46 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73756#comment-356909 Could it not be argued that this violates the excessive fines clause of the Constitution?

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/great-moments-in-asset-forfeiture-law/comment-page-1/#comment-356897 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:40:39 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73756#comment-356897 A waste of public money because the very first seizure of assets under this law will result in a court decision that nullifies the law.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/great-moments-in-asset-forfeiture-law/comment-page-1/#comment-356896 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:04:41 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73756#comment-356896 You never know—the highest court in Massachusetts may uphold this attempt at tyranny–after all, the judges on that court upheld a conviction where some guy was taping a cop who pulled him over.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/great-moments-in-asset-forfeiture-law/comment-page-1/#comment-356893 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:36:05 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73756#comment-356893 I was wondering, as I clicked the link, whether “great” should have quotation marks. I was right.

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