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Finally! Joyful day! I've not read all of the decision yet, but it seems that any decision about retroactivity was left for later. That will now lead to a bu
by cryptonector 8y ago
Finally! Joyful day!
I've not read all of the decision yet, but it seems that any decision about retroactivity was left for later. That will now lead to a bunch of fun cases where plaintiffs demand their property and monies back, and the cities and States will have a hard time ponying it up. Localities and States that play fast and loose with the Constitution should pay a steep price when it later turns out that the SCOTUS gets to make the obvious ruling. That will teach the cities and States to not violate the Constitution willy-nilly. It was obvious to anyone who bothered to read the Constitution and Incorporation case law that civil asset forfeiture was on very thin ice, both, as a matter of jurisprudence, and as a matter of plain reading of the Constitution.