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Here's more information on the Institute for Justice class action (mentioned in the Twitter thread) that's challenging TSA airport forfeitures: https://ij.org/

Here's more information on the Institute for Justice class action (mentioned in the Twitter thread) that's challenging TSA airport forfeitures: https://ij.org/case/dea-tsa-forfeitures/ https://ij.org/case/dea-tsa-forfeitures/ IJ is the leader on this issue, and if you oppose civil-forfeiture abuse, you might consider supporting IJ's work. (Disclosure: the IJ attorney pictured in the thread is a friend whom I admire greatly.)

xboxnolifes 5y ago
I've only somewhat recently heard of IJ, but it's one of the first orgs that I've ever actually felt compelled to support. Their marketing is really good at both being informative and persuasive. I really hope that their goals are as good as I read them to be.
joncrane 5y ago
It blows my mind that citizens have to pay their own money to support organizations like IJ, ACLU, Amnesty International, etc.
- gred 5y ago
  Really? Why should we not organize to fight for causes that we believe in? Would you be happy delegating your moral compass to the U.S. Department of Do-Goodery?
  - effingwewt 5y ago
    He is saying it's the government's job to do those things so we don't have to. The fact that we have a failed government is not something we should all just bend over and accept as status quo
    - xboxnolifes 5y ago
      It certainly shows failings in our elected representatives, but everything IJ does is through the legal system. It succeeding shows the government hasn't completely failed.
- refurb 5y ago
  Why? You expect the government, who is infringing on your rights, to do it?
  - joncrane 5y ago
    Well first of all I don't think the government should ever infringe upon my rights, but that's an "in an ideal world" type of thing. Second of all the government itself should be striving, and one of its strongest foci should be to catch such infringements and correct them. I suppose the donations are tax deductible which is a decent compromise, but my point is a) that such organization exist b) they have more work than they have the resources to do and c) citizens have to fund them out of their own pockets seems like a pretty big failure of government to me.
CWuestefeld 5y ago
IJ is one of the charities that you can select for Amazon Smile, so a small percentage of your Amazon purchases will be donated to IJ. I think they're deserving.

xboxnolifes 5y ago

I've only somewhat recently heard of IJ, but it's one of the first orgs that I've ever actually felt compelled to support. Their marketing is really good at both being informative and persuasive. I really hope that their goals are as good as I read them to be.

joncrane 5y ago

It blows my mind that citizens have to pay their own money to support organizations like IJ, ACLU, Amnesty International, etc.

gred 5y ago
Really? Why should we not organize to fight for causes that we believe in? Would you be happy delegating your moral compass to the U.S. Department of Do-Goodery?
- effingwewt 5y ago
  He is saying it's the government's job to do those things so we don't have to. The fact that we have a failed government is not something we should all just bend over and accept as status quo
  - xboxnolifes 5y ago
    It certainly shows failings in our elected representatives, but everything IJ does is through the legal system. It succeeding shows the government hasn't completely failed.
refurb 5y ago
Why? You expect the government, who is infringing on your rights, to do it?
- joncrane 5y ago
  Well first of all I don't think the government should ever infringe upon my rights, but that's an "in an ideal world" type of thing. Second of all the government itself should be striving, and one of its strongest foci should be to catch such infringements and correct them. I suppose the donations are tax deductible which is a decent compromise, but my point is a) that such organization exist b) they have more work than they have the resources to do and c) citizens have to fund them out of their own pockets seems like a pretty big failure of government to me.

CWuestefeld 5y ago

IJ is one of the charities that you can select for Amazon Smile, so a small percentage of your Amazon purchases will be donated to IJ. I think they're deserving.