9th DEEMS 'INVENTORY SEARCH" UNCONSTITUTIONAL

[pacrat]

https://www.courthousenews.com/fbi-b...y%20laundering.

This is in relation to the FBI breaking into 700 safe dep boxes in Beverly Hills in 2021, without a valid warrant, and stealing the contents. Claiming "INVENTORY SEARCH" to cover their butts. And then using the CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE SCAM to keep the LOOT.
which in some cases, they are now claiming to have conveniently LOST THE ASSETS.

If this ruling stands. It IMO has larger implications re LE inventory searches. Which many citizens see as fishing expeditions.

JM2c

[TruOil]

I hope this sticks. What the FBI did was absolutely outrageous, and to then "lose" property which it had no legal right to seize in the first place should have been a slam dunk for Plaintiffs in the trial court. I am glad to see that justice may finally be had in this case.

[Foothills]

A 3-judge panel of Republican appointees? The plaintiffs are lucky this isn't a 2A case.

[AlmostHeaven]

The very concept of civil asset forfeiture would have pushed the Founding Fathers to launch a second revolution. Nothing else better exemplifies how much the totalitarian boot of the state has expanded over the past two centuries in the United States.

[tast101]

Same thing is happening in Atalanta?s airport, I know it happens over places as well. ?Random Search? after you?ve already gone through a TSA security checkpoint, and if they find cash on you they confiscate it under this claim of civil asset forfeiture under the premises that you are transporting drug money. If I remember correctly the police doing this in the airport are from the next county over as well. Crazy how this is allowed.

The thing that sucks is, they pissed off someone with money. But had this been us the normal people say in say the Inland Empire, I doubt it?s get the spotlight it is.

[Rickybillegas]

Kind of like what happened to Arnold in Germany at the airport.
He was carrying a 15K$ watch that he planned to auction off for charity and they detained him and charged him and demanded tax payment for the value of the auction proceeds even though it's for charity.

[splithoof]

The very concept of civil asset forfeiture would have pushed the Founding Fathers to launch a second revolution. Nothing else better exemplifies how much the totalitarian boot of the state has expanded over the past two centuries in the United States.

Very, very true.
I am sickened by what has become of institutions that good folk used to hold in high regard, from various branches of government, institutions of so-called higher learning, the judiciary, former industrial industries that kept Americans employed, churches, legislatures, etc. It is particularly bothersome that these once respected various federal agencies have now squared off against the citizenry, and use tools like asset forfeiture to line their pockets like King George. The colonists finally got tired of it, and purged it. Looks like that is repeating in the early stages. If there was ever a time to be distrustful of government agents and their masters, it has fully arrived.

[AlmostHeaven]

Very, very true.
I am sickened by what has become of institutions that good folk used to hold in high regard, from various branches of government, institutions of so-called higher learning, the judiciary, former industrial industries that kept Americans employed, churches, legislatures, etc. It is particularly bothersome that these once respected various federal agencies have now squared off against the citizenry, and use tools like asset forfeiture to line their pockets like King George. The colonists finally got tired of it, and purged it. Looks like that is repeating in the early stages. If there was ever a time to be distrustful of government agents and their masters, it has fully arrived.

I agree that the Supreme Court must wake up to reality. I still harbor hope that the Republican-appointed members will shift gears next term, and the current inaction primarily stems from wanting to avoid making waves in a historic election year. After all, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization seriously impeded GOP electoral performance in November 2022.

The country and all its institutions face a vexing situation. The culture war has subsumed all; virtually nothing in the modern era escapes partisan polarization. Justices no longer enjoy the luxury of myopically proceeding in accordance with pure legal theories and unvarnished principles. Thinking politically has elevated to a core aspect of the role of federal jurists.

The Supreme Court cannot make any decisions about high-salience social issues without incurring furious blowback from at least 1/3 of the country. Eventually, the institutionalists must decide whether maximizing legitimacy at the expense of never exercising any real transformative power qualifies as a sustainable path forward, or if a time will arrive in the near future to spend political capital and issue long-overdue majority opinions rolling back decades of progressive living constitutionalist activism.

[BAJ475]

I agree that the Supreme Court must wake up to reality. I still harbor hope that the Republican-appointed members will shift gears next term, and the current inaction primarily stems from wanting to avoid making waves in a historic election year. After all, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization seriously impeded GOP electoral performance in November 2022.

The country and all its institutions face a vexing situation. The culture war has subsumed all; virtually nothing in the modern era escapes partisan polarization. Justices no longer enjoy the luxury of myopically proceeding in accordance with pure legal theories and unvarnished principles. Thinking politically has elevated to a core aspect of the role of federal jurists.

The Supreme Court cannot make any decisions about high-salience social issues without incurring furious blowback from at least 1/3 of the country. Eventually, the institutionalists must decide whether maximizing legitimacy at the expense of never exercising any real transformative power qualifies as a sustainable path forward, or if a time will arrive in the near future to spend political capital and issue long-overdue majority opinions rolling back decades of progressive living constitutionalist activism.

I wish I shared your hope. But I do not see a solution short of the cartridge box. This is because I do not see the commies giving up until they are put in the ground.

[AlmostHeaven]

I wish I shared your hope. But I do not see a solution short of the cartridge box. This is because I do not see the commies giving up until they are put in the ground.

Ultimately, no one but God truly knows what lies ahead for the United States of America. We can only hope for the best, pray for the nation, stockpile supplies, and prepare for the worst.

[Jimi Jah]

Modern Rome. Get ready for the middle ages.

[AlmostHeaven]

Modern Rome. Get ready for the middle ages.

Prepare for the worst, but hope for the best, unless you want to demoralize and depress yourself and your loved ones.

[bohoki]

every plaintiff should get 68 million dollars in punitive damage for invasion of privacy

[AlmostHeaven]

Individuals have to be held accountable. Damage payouts come straight out of the taxpayers.

[pacrat]

Individuals have to be held accountable. Damage payouts come straight out of the taxpayers.

"JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS" didn't pass the smell test in the Nuremberg Trials.

Nor does it pass the smell test in this case. They hung those Jack Boot Thug Nazi bastards by the neck until dead. The least that should happen here all those decades later. Is that "qualified immunity" should be denied. Because these modern day JBTs knew damn well that they did not have a valid warrant for the loot they stole.

They should all be held personally responsible for any losses incurred on citizens due to their willing participation in the theft.

Thieving bastards, are thieving bastards. With or without, a badge.