{"id":2240893,"date":"2024-05-09T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-wont-create-new-asset-forfeiture-standard\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T16:36:49","slug":"supreme-court-wont-create-new-asset-forfeiture-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-wont-create-new-asset-forfeiture-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court declines to establish new asset forfeiture criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-wont-create-new-asset-forfeiture-standard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s recent ruling denied immediate \u2062hearings for two Alabama women attempting\u2064 to\u2063 reclaim seized property after crimes committed by others, declining \u200dto \u2064establish a new asset forfeiture standard. In\u2062 a 6-3 decision by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court emphasized timely forfeiture hearings under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">due process<\/a> clause<\/a> \u2062but excluded the need for a preliminary hearing,\u200c disappointing the plaintiffs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Thursday ruled against two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alabama<\/a> women seeking immediate hearings to reclaim property that was seized from them after crimes committed by other people, a move that declines to set a new asset forfeiture standard.<\/p>\n<p>In a 6-3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/22-585_k5fm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"decision\">decision<\/a> penned by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court wrote that the due process clause requires timely forfeiture hearings but does not require a preliminary hearing, marking a blow to the plaintiffs in the case. The court was divided along ideological lines, with all six Republican-appointed justices in the majority.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Plaintiffs Halima Culley and Lena Sutton filed class actions against the state of Alabama and their local governments, claiming their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">due process rights<\/a> were violated because they did not receive prompt hearings after their cars were seized.<\/p>\n<p>Culley\u2019s son was driving her 2015 Nissan Altima when police pulled him over and found marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and a loaded pistol in the car. In Sutton\u2019s case, her friend was using her 2012 Chevrolet Sonic when police pulled him over for speeding and discovered methamphetamine in the car.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in the Culley and Sutton cases held that the \u201cspeedy trial\u201d test, formed to resolve allegations of Sixth Amendment violations, applied and that due process is satisfied by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-wades-into-property-seizure-laws-that-have-been-a-boon-to-police-budgets\/\" title=\"Supreme Court tackles police budget boost from property seizure laws.\">civil forfeiture process<\/a> itself.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/steve-marshall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven Marshall<\/a>, a Republican, had called on the high court to uphold the 11th Circuit\u2019s ruling, saying that the Supreme Court \u201cfor centuries\u201d has held that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-highway-patrol-waged-war-on-motorists-with-marijuana-vehicle-searches-judge\/\" title=\"Judge: Kansas Highway Patrol engaged in aggressive marijuana vehicle searches, targeting motorists.\">civil forfeitures<\/a> need not inquire into the guilt or innocence of the property\u2019s owner, \u201conly the use of the property itself in a prohibited act,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brief-opposition-certiorari-culley-v-alabama-scotus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to a brief.<\/p>\n<p>Civil forfeiture laws, which are in place in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., allow law enforcement officers to seize property, such as a vehicle, if it is used in connection to a crime, even if the property is owned by an innocent party.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2000 and 2019, states and the federal government pocketed a <a href=\"https:\/\/ij.org\/report\/policing-for-profit-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">total of $68.8 billion<\/a> through forfeiture, as police departments across the country rake in millions of dollars worth of property each year.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic-appointed Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.<\/p>\n<p> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor wrote that when a police officer has a \u201cfinancial incentive\u201d to hold on to a vehicle and an owner pleads innocence, the petitioners contend \u201ca retention hearing at least ensures that the officer has probable cause to connect the owner and the car to a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Court holds that the Due Process Clause never requires that minimal safeguard,\u201d Sotomayor added. \u201cIn doing so, it sweeps far more broadly than the narrow question presented and hamstrings lower courts from addressing myriad abuses of the civil forfeiture system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court denied immediate hearings for two Alabama women trying to reclaim seized property. The decision, in a 6-3 vote led by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, avoids setting a new asset forfeiture standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2240894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24121581982162-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24121581982162-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}