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Criminals should be funding the criminal justice system, not tax-payers.
If criminals funded the criminal justice system, that would free up tax-payer money to be used elsewhere, like education.
Court costs are different than fines, so what needs to be done here is present the criminals with a bill for services rendered.
Paramedics called to a crime scene like a murder, rape, robbery or assault have an hourly rate, and the ambulance has an hourly rate for use, and the police and investigators have an hourly rate for the time they spend securing the crime scene and investigating, and prosecutors and paralegals have an hourly rate and you can charge the criminals for room and board.
You can also bill the criminals for the judge's hourly rate, and the judge's clerk and stenographer and bailiffs, and for use of the court room.
I say screw the "innocent spouse rule" and start seizing everything in payment for services rendered.
I would offer an opt-out.
If the defendant pleads guilty, then no seizure, but if they insist on a trial, then bill them for everything.
Yeah, nothing oppressive or over-reaching about that. Go try it out back in Eastern Europe.
No its not. Its unconstitutional when its excessive. There are already laws on the books and fines that can be assessed for various crimes. This court ruling was the right thing. And from what I understand there will be a lot of court cases with people suing to get their illegally confiscated assets back.
The SCOTUS got this one right. These local yokels who make the big bucks from the citizens misery have got to be funded with TAXES....or, if the public wants the forces shaved down in size, do that.
It is interesting how it evolved from "taking the money from drug lords" to taking money from whomever was convenient.
Lets see if this actually changes anything first...I have my doubts on that, seizures are a HUGE deal for many police depts, especially relating to the drug war, they are not just going to give all that up without a fight.
Besides that, they were never taking money or property from the drug lords, it was always from the end users and low level dealers, I knew one such person, they had their house and car seized by the local drug strike force, they auctioned both off and kept the profits, even though the bank really owned these things, they had a mortgage and car payment.
It will be interesting to see this applied to state laws designed to harass and terrorize Christian merchants by requiring them to make products that are contrary to their long-held religious beliefs and practices, or else be given fines well into six figures that appear to be designed to push these merchants into a state of financial ruin, if possible.
Surely these laws are going to be challenged under this ruling and rightfully so.
It will be interesting to see this applied to state laws designed to harass and terrorize Christian merchants by requiring them to make products that are contrary to their long-held religious beliefs and practices, or else be given fines well into six figures that appear to be designed to push these merchants into a state of financial ruin, if possible.
Surely these laws are going to be challenged under this ruling and rightfully so.
What on earth are you talking about?
Damn, this is christian persecution complex taken to a new level.
Unanimous decision suggest there is no political influence on the decision. Its nice to see the leftist members of the court acting like textualist and applying the constitution like textualist.
It's also nice to see the conservative members of the court taking a significant bite out of the right's long-fought war on drugs, which has been the excuse for the overwhelming majority of asset forfeitures.
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