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Wikipedia has a slightly different take: > The politics of civil forfeiture were somewhat unusual. The federal forfeiture laws were introduced and pushed throu
by criddell 3y ago
Wikipedia has a slightly different take:
> The politics of civil forfeiture were somewhat unusual. The federal forfeiture laws were introduced and pushed through Congress by Republicans in the 1980s, with some Democrats supportive and some critical.
- jasonlotito 3y ago> Wikipedia has a slightly different take: No it doesn't. Biden was one of the co-sponsors. But the main sponsor was a Republican, and a Republican signed it into law. But that's all petty and pointless.
- adrr 3y agoAnd the dems rolled back "equitable sharing" in 2015. > Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without warrants or criminal charges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-seized-asset-sharing-process-that-split-billions-with-local-state-police/2015/01/16/0e7ca058-99d4-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-se...