Peak no-fucks-given Jeff Sessions boosts asset forfeitures

[HMSGoose]

@doctorow

“Civil asset forfeiture is unjust and unconstitutional,” tweeted Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan. “It’s a big-government scheme to take people’s property without due process. End it.”

Well, actually it a small-government scheme as well, as a lot of this happens with good-old local boys on the state and city level. In fact, a lot of the worst abuses happen locally, so to somehow use this as an argument against “big government” is kinda gross and disingenuous. But if we have to bluster with partisan language while actually achieving non-partisan ends, well, so be it in this case.

[One_Brown_Mouse]

[heligo]

Is it wrong that i liked your post because she’s hot?

[heligo]

Usually yes. Not a fan, sorry

[anon50609448]

@HMSGoose

Well, actually it a small-government scheme as well, as a lot of this happens with good-old local boys on the state and city level. In fact, a lot of the worst abuses happen locally, so to somehow use this as an argument against “big government” is kinda gross and disingenuous. But if we have to bluster with partisan language while actually achieving non-partisan ends, well, so be it in this case.

The problems America is having with civil forfeiture are because of the government’s place on the representative vs. corrupt spectrum rather than the small vs. big spectrum. But, yeah, if people are like, “The government is coming to take my guns!” then they might as well fight civil forfeiture since that’s the only way it could practically happen.

[simonize]

Civil forfeiture is one of the things that is SO awful that there is bipartisan opposition to it.

[anon50609448]

So awful that the Trump administration thinks we need more of it?

[stinkinbadgers]

Thomas for one is chomping at the bit to strike it down.

Clarence Thomas vs. Jeff Sessions on Civil Asset Forfeiture

(great comment: “I bet a determined person could find evidence of ongoing drug dealing in one of Trump’s hotels. Then it would be subject to forfeiture. I’m sure he would gladly take the hit for the sake of law and order.”)

[Melz2]

@Melizmatic

Are you disappointed?

@heligo

Usually yes.

[Mangochin]

@One_Brown_Mouse

We may not have Jeffy to kick around no mo.

[anon50609448]

Great! I had him picked as next to go in my pool.

[s2redux]

Peak no-fucks-given and “we’re all redshirts here”? Paging Dr. McCoy:

[Mangochin]

I had him on my short list of those who need an evil voodoo curse to befall them.

[stinkinbadgers]

@HMSGoose

a lot of the worst abuses happen locally, so to somehow use this as an argument against “big government” is kinda gross and disingenuous

That’s not what’s meant by “big gov’t” in this context. Even when it refers to size, it’s referring to power.

[Yri]

Yes. But since she’s about to end the world, that doesn’t really matter much in the grand scheme of things, does it?

[anon55609254]

@anotherone

It wasn’t “the government’s job to immanentize the eschaton”

Well, I’m glad we’ve cleared that up.

After 30 seconds of Google, I gather that means making people’s lives better. It’s too bad Jeffy thinks the government shouldn’t be making people’s lives better.

[Grey_Devil]

It’s your prerogative to be attracted to whomever, I found her attractive as well but felt no need to declare it to the masses.

[anotherone]

immanentize the eschaton in the right wing christian parlance refers to bringing about the end times, judgement day, the apocalypse - that sort of thing.

[anon55609254]

Oh. Well, in that case they’re doing a splendid job.

[GulliverFoyle]

Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year