You are viewing the "Civil Forfeiture" Archives

Supreme Court Limits Civil Asset Forfeiture, Rules Excessive Fines Apply To States
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
Posted on:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion and announced it on just her second day back at court after surgery for lung cancer late last year.

Supreme Court Appears Ready To Make It Harder For States To Confiscate Property
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
Posted on:
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about one of the few remaining provisions in the Bill of Rights not yet applied to the states: the ban on excessive fines.