Policing For Profit
Eric Holder should get credit for at least taking some baby steps to limit asset forfeiture abuse (steps it does not appear his nominated successor is going to be very enthusiastic about). But there is a long way to go, as evidenced by this horror story of CalFire, the US Forest Service and the Holder Justice Department using everything every dirty trick I have ever heard of to extort money from a private company.
Canvasback:
Nice to see the judge give a shout-out to California AG Kamala Harris: "Nichols wrote that he can recall “no instance in experience over 47 years as an advocate and a judge, in which the conduct of the Attorney General so thoroughly departed from the high standard it represents,'"
February 3, 2015, 8:07 pmShe'll be running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, needs your vote.