Thanks for the awesome knowledge, law-nerd. To your footnote, I've lost Tell me, why do we have civil forfeiture and civil courts? Other than the second-rate sa

Thanks for the awesome knowledge, law-nerd. To your footnote, I've lost Tell me, why do we have civil forfeiture and civil courts? Other than the second-rate satisfaction when an OJ Simpson gets sued after being acquitted of criminal charges. The dictionary definition of 'democratic' includes: "available to the broad masses of the people". Between the cost and the knowledge needed, asserting your rights in forfeiture cases is not practically available to the broad masses, i.e. the socialeconomic class that is targeted. This is not democratic. So if it's starting to look like a constitutional violation, when are we going to see a lawsuit? ALCU should be on this, right? Or while police departments are on the defensive, do we get the political will to roll back the seizure laws that led to this?