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Recent VICTORIES Against Civil Forfeiture

Posted December 18, 202500:38:02

Brian Moore and Cristal Starling both lost their money to civil forfeiture, despite neither being charged with a crime. Both of them challenged those...

She Spent Life Savings on Salon…City Council:  “Nope.”

Posted December 2, 202500:24:37

When Khalilah Few wanted to expand her natural hair salon business, she found a long-empty store front in Clayton County, Georgia, and spent her life...

How Police Around the Country Are Conducting Mass Surveillance

Posted October 31, 202500:32:29

When you get in your car, you might be tracked by a network of AI-powered surveillance cameras. These cameras upload their information to a central...

A Pipeline Demanded Their Land for Pennies.  They Fought Back.

Posted October 9, 202500:26:01

When the government, or even a private company, takes your land using eminent domain, the law promises you just compensation. But what about the thousands...

Plane Seized Over Six-Pack of Budweiser. Seriously.

Posted September 18, 202500:28:02

Can the government take a $95,000 plane because a passenger used it to transport a six pack of Budweiser? The Alaska Supreme Court says yes but the...