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While not as partisan as something like abortion, it isn't totally unpartisan. Usage of civil asset forfeiture has substantially increased since the 1980s and
by jaredklewis 10y ago
While not as partisan as something like abortion, it isn't totally unpartisan.
Usage of civil asset forfeiture has substantially increased since the 1980s and the explicit justification for this has always been the war on drugs.
Democrats, on the whole, are increasing disillusioned with the war on drugs. Republicans, Sessions being a great example, much less so. Further there is an increasing "law and order" divide between democrats and republicans. Democrats, on the whole, are much more willing than Republicans to label police behavior as abuse.
So, should it be a partisan issue? No. Is it? I'll put it this way: if congress ever starts working on a civil asset forfeiture reform legislation, my money is on a largely Republican opposition.
- wwalser 10y agoI can imagine that as well. However, my hope is that I only feel this way because I personally sway slightly left and therefore assign my own preferences to the left. I'm hopeful that's just my bias showing and that instead we're all on the same side with this one. I get that Sessions is for forfeiture, I'm just hoping he's only capable of holding that opinion so long as no one asks too many questions about it. I could obviously be wrong and that'd be crappy.