A Policy Analysis from the Cato Institute that discusses the history of forfeiture and how it has enhanced the power of government over people and their property in ways that are difficult to reconcile with long-cherished constitutional rights.
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Cato Policy Analysis No. 179
Property Owners Meet The Prosecutor
Terrance G. Reed is a partner in the Washington, D.C.,
law firm Asbill, Junkin and Myers. He is also the ABA advisor
to a drafting committee of the
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Congressional testimony from Roger Pilon, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Fellow and Director Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute, before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, June 11, 1997.
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The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act 1997
Senior Fellow and Director
Center for Constitutional Studies
Committee on the Judiciary
United States House of Representatives
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the committee:
My name is Roger Pilon. I am a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and
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Includes information relating the prohibition of Bills of Attainder to asset forfeiture.
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The Forfeiture Example of American 'Justice'. A heavy criticism of asset forfeiture by S. Leon Felkins.
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Devil is in the Details: The Forfeiture Example of American 'Justice'
cherish a myth that the justice system is the last, best hope
for the beleaguered "little guy" in the world of the powerful.
No matter what happens, we've been told, even the humblest of
us can "have our day in court," be
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A Discussion on Why the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Will Not Significantly Reform the Practice of Forfeiture
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vol. 55 no. 1 (Oct. 2000) pp. 81-121
(republished on the Forfeiture Endangers American Rights website with
special permission from the
A Discussion on Why the Civil
Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Will Not Significantly Reform the Practice
"to my daughter, Saskia, that she may grow
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