3 Alerts From the FIFTH AMENDMENT Tag

Under the Influence of the Justice System – A Father’s Story: NMA E-Newsletter #519

December 23, 2018 • BAC, CIVIL FORFEITURE, Driver's License, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FIFTH AMENDMENT, FOURTH AMENDMENT, INSURANCE, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT

This is a story about my twenty-year-old son. To some readers this may be an article that smacks of stupidity and privilege. It may be that both are true but the real point is how hopelessly out of whack law enforcement and related penalties are with the real world. On a Saturday night John exited […]

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Civil Asset Forfeiture takes a Turn: NMA E-Newsletter #449

August 20, 2017 • CAF, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FIFTH AMENDMENT, NEVADA, NEWSLETTER, PENNSYLVANIA

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul recently wrote an editorial on civil asset forfeiture (CAF) and his opening paragraph says it all. “Innocent until proven guilty” is the bedrock of America jurisprudence. Civil asset forfeiture, a legal process in which government confiscates your property without a guilty verdict, turns that justice on its head. In mid-July, U.S. […]

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Is Our Property Guilty until Proven Innocent? : NMA E-Newsletter #388

June 19, 2016 • CAF, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ERAD, FIFTH AMENDMENT, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, OKLAHOMA, PRIVACY, WISCONSIN

Law Enforcement now using ERADs, seizing cash without an arrest, a warrant and due process. Life as a motorist in America is never easy. Not only do motorists have to contend with red-light cameras with sometimes shortened yellow lights, we have to deal with automated speed cameras, speed traps, road blocks, wolf pack ticket blitzing, […]

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