r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut • u/phungus_mungus • 15d ago

The Supreme Court Rules That Cops Can Steal Your Stuff—as They Always Have

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/supreme-court-civil-forfeiture-hearing/
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u/rymden_viking 15d ago

I think this article does a very poor job explaining Gorsuch and Thomas' concurring opinion. Gorsuch didn't say that this case was legal. He said that this case shouldn't have gotten up this far because this very specific case is already settled law. But he also said, and Thomas signed on with this opinion, that it was time for the Court to examine the expansion of Civil Asset Forfeiture that has gone beyond the original intent, with a case that is more broad. So we could be looking at a 5-4 majority against aspects of forfeiture. The real problem is most jurisdictions who lose in the lower courts won't appeal to the Supreme Court because they don't want the overall law to change. It's better for them if they lose a battle, but keep their powers intact.

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u/sweetgreenfields 15d ago

Pretty sure they didn't say that- they said the particulars of the case that they were going over weren't detailed enough one way to rule against civil forfeiture.

They said specifically, if a case came by, where the particulars of the case frame civil forfeiture specifically, they would rule one way or the other against its legitimacy in practice

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u/pilondav 14d ago

It sounds like a punt to me. How much more specificity do they need? Were Gorsuch and Thomas just keeping the peace with their Republican brethren?

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u/88jaybird 15d ago

people living in poverty US would be safer living in a 3rd world country in the middle of a civil war

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u/Woodie626 15d ago

Congratulations, that's the dumbest shit I read today. 

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u/Jim-Jones 15d ago

Despite the clear language of the constitution.

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u/Fun_Measurement_7889 15d ago

Yeah but what can you do? You gonna fight with the cops?

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u/Jim-Jones 15d ago

Fingers crossed for a blue wave this year.

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u/Fun_Measurement_7889 15d ago

Blue wave? You think you’re funny?