Civil forfeiture allows law enforcement agencies to seize and keep cash, cars, and even homes, without ever needing to convict or charge someone with a crime. To challenge these abusive laws in courtrooms and statehouses across the country, the Institute for Justice launched an “End Forfeiture” initiative in July 2014.
Many laws are in dire need of reform. As IJ found in its new report, Policing for Profit, only seven states and Washington, D.C. earned a B or better for the civil forfeiture laws. And just three states—Nebraska, New Mexico and North Carolina—have abolished civil forfeiture.
Fortunately, civil-forfeiture reform is a rare political issue that has found widespread agreement across the political spectrum. Since IJ began its initiative, there have been over 350 editorials from nearly 140 separate outlets that all support reforming—or banning—civil forfeiture. These outlets come from 40 states, plus the District of Columbia. (Updated March 10, 2020.)
Many prominent newspapers have skewered civil forfeiture in their editorials, including:
- Wall Street Journal: “But for the government, the financial incentives of civil forfeiture have trumped concerns about the due process rights of citizens. The prospect of a big payday is leading to abuses, and law enforcement has profited from a system that treats citizens as guilty until they can prove their innocence.”
- Washington Post: “Congress and state governments should demand that confiscated money not be used to fund police operations, and they should develop policies to limit the application of civil forfeiture to the kingpins it was supposed to target.”
- USA TODAY: “Civil asset forfeiture is government at its absolute worst.”
The vast majority of Americans also support reform. Earlier this year, a poll by the Huffington Post and YouGov found that only seven percent of Americans support the status quo for civil forfeiture. By comparison, more than 70 percent of Americans think property should be forfeited only after a criminal conviction.
For more information, visit EndForfeiture.com, read IJ’s Policing for Profit report and check out our latest civil forfeiture cases.
The full list of newspaper editorials is below:
- “Stopping police asset-forfeiture predators,” Washington Times
- “Civil Asset Forfeiture Looks Like A Criminal Enterprise,” Investor’s Business Daily
- “Not-very-civil forfeiture,” Philadelphia Daily News
- “Presumed innocent,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “What’s Yours Is Theirs,” Wall Street Journal
- “A cause for concern if civil forfeiture goes unchecked,” Deseret News
- “Police rake in bonanzas from people who have committed no crime,” Washington Post
- “State has a solid start on ‘policing for profit’ reform,” (Minneapolis) Star Tribune
- “Lawmakers need to fix ‘forfeiture’ law in 2015,” Des Moines Register
- “Thieves in Suits,” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “Congress must end abuses of seizures by feds,” Des Moines Register
- “Civil forfeitures need more oversight,” LNP
- “Time is now to fix asset forfeiture,” Orange County Register
- “Comments draw scrutiny to city seizure ordinance,” Las Cruces Sun-News
- “Rein in asset forfeitures,” (Scranton) Times-Tribune
- “Time for civil-forfeiture reform,” The Washington Times
- “When police play bounty hunter,” USA Today
- “Loretta Lynch’s Money Pot,” Wall Street Journal
- “No conviction? Give back assets seized by agencies,” Albuquerque Journal
- “Broad use of civil forfeiture law by N.J. law enforcement needs scrutiny,” Times of Trenton
- “IRS to give back cash, but it’s not enough,” Des Moines Register
- “Go to the bank, go to jail,” San Francisco Chronicle
- “Texas’ asset forfeiture laws require changes,” Dallas Morning News
- “Pa. needs to protect innocent owners from civil forfeiture abuses,” Patriot-News
- “Forfeiting their rights,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Asset forfeiture / Legal robbery,” Press of Atlantic City
- “Shutting down civil forfeiture,” MetroWest Daily News
- “Eric Holder’s Good Deed,” Wall Street Journal
- “Legal stealing,” Gainesville Sun
- “First step toward reining in ‘policing for profit,’” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Civil forfeiture reform is long overdue,” Citizen’s Voice
- “State’s asset forfeiture law needs makeover,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Highway robbery,” Augusta Chronicle
- “Stop Seizing Assets Without Charges,” Valley News
- “Holder taps the brakes on civil forfeiture,” Star-Ledger
- “Seize the moment,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Reform civil forfeiture laws,” Detroit News
- “State must limit ‘policing for profit,’” Daytona Beach News-Journal
- “Forfeiture revision is a good start,” Daily Progress
- “Raise threshold for confiscation of assets,” Casper Star-Tribune
- “Right, left unite to curtail abuse of ‘asset forfeiture,’” Holland Sentinel
- “Tighten laws on seizures,” Lincoln Journal Star
- “Forfeiture laws need to be strengthened to promote transparency, protect accused,” The Gazette
- “Seizing cash without criminal charges is dead wrong,” Winston Salem-Journal
- “Senate wrong to kill forfeiture reform bill,” Daily Progress
- “Forfeiture laws should be amended,” Virginian-Pilot
- “Tighten Colorado forfeiture law,” Denver Post
- “Civil forfeiture laws needs an overhaul,” Keene Sentinel
- “A big upgrade over a bad law,” Nashua Telegraph
- “Prosecutors shouldn’t tie guilty pleas to forfeitures,” Des Moines Register
- “Legislators should override Mead’s forfeiture veto,” Casper Star-Tribune
- “Guilty until proven innocent,” Herald-Palladium
- “Limits needed on police property seizures,” Capital Gazette
- “Good news in New Mexico,” Washington Times
- “Stop policing for profit in New Mexico,” Santa Fe New Mexican
- “Property forfeiture should apply to those found guilty,” Albuquerque Journal
- “Legislature should support asset forfeiture reform bill,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Forfeiture bill should be signed,” Las Cruces Sun-News
- “Remove the profit motive,” Des Moines Register
- “Separating outlaws from their stuff,” Anniston Star
- “Grassley takes on government ‘racketeering,’” Mason City Globe Gazette
- “Government should stop seizing property of the innocent,” Washington Examiner
- “Asset seizures too easy, profitable for police,” Orange County Register
- “Policing for profit?” Green Mountain Outlook
- “Stop grabbing property,” Detroit News
- “IRS should admit error in NC forfeiture case,” News & Observer
- “US Attorney Walker rightly drops IRS seizure case,” News & Observer
- “Protect citizens’ property,” Journal Record
- “Legislature must pass civil forfeiture reforms,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Policing for profit,” Washington Times
- “Asset forfeiture abuses continue,” Orange County Register
- “Reform overdue for Pa. civil asset forfeiture law,” The Mercury
- “Crack down on civil forfeitures,” Detroit News
- “Police shouldn’t undermine justice,” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Hold law enforcement accountable for forfeiture abuses,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Dirty money,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “The IRS’s Ill-Gotten Gains,” Wall Street Journal
- “A draconian remnant of the war on drugs,” Los Angeles Times
- “Change drug forfeiture laws,” Muskogee Phoenix
- “Lawmakers need to address forfeiture laws,” Chambersburg Public Opinion
- “Unreasonable seizure,” Columbus Dispatch
- “Gangster government wins in Assembly,” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Reform police asset seizure program,” Cincinnati Enquirer
- “Congress must reform civil forfeiture laws,” Washington Examiner
- “Rein in law on forfeiture,” (Scranton) Times-Tribune
- “Toughen proposed forfeiture reforms,” Detroit News
- “Ohio’s civil asset forfeiture law ripe for reform,” Plain Dealer
- “Reform asset forfeiture,” Toledo Blade
- “State’s civil asset forfeiture laws must be changed,” Observer-Reporter
- “Civil forfeiture law must respect the rights of innocent in war against drugs,” LNP
- “Pa. civil asset forfeiture laws must be changed,” The Mercury
- “Forfeiting a right: Property should be seized only after a conviction,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “Reform seizure procedures,” Lincoln Journal Star
- “Rein in law on forfeiture,” Citizen’s Voice
- “Civil forfeiture and civil liberties must be balanced,” Knoxville News Sentinel
- “Don’t punish the innocent,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Fix Virginia’s policing-for-profit,” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “Policing should not be done for profit,” Orange County Register
- “Forfeiting justice to over mighty officials,” Washington Examiner
- “Civil forfeiture law a path to mistrust,” News Journal
- “Presidential candidates’ policies must include civil forfeiture reform,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “A case study in the need for reform,” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “More than burglars,” Augusta Chronicle
- “Rein in civil forfeitures to curb law enforcement abuse,” Palm Beach Post
- “Keep working to fix forfeiture laws,” The Gazette
- “Patrol forfeitures target out-of-state drivers,” Des Moines Register
- “Civil asset forfeiture process needs to be more transparent,” Victoria Advocate
- “Forfeiture law remains repulsive,” The Daily Progress
- “A welcome respite from the feds seizing people’s property,” The Denver Post
- “An unexpected New Year’s present from Congress: Property rights,” Washington Examiner
- “Less Policing for Profit,” The Wall Street Journal
- “Federal spending bill rightly diminishes civil forfeiture program,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Force awakens as plunder threatened,” Orange County Register
- “2016 New Year’s resolutions for Congress,” Washington Examiner
- “Presumption of innocence,” Columbus Dispatch
- “A big-picture vision for Iowa,” Des Moines Register
- “Join chorus, demand due process in forfeiture laws,” The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus
- “Override Hogan’s vetoes,” Baltimore Sun
- “Civil asset forfeiture cries out for reform,” Washington Examiner
- “Let Wiese case spark reexamination of Illinois’ forfeiture laws,” The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus
- “Support for forfeiture reform,” Frederick News-Post
- “Asset forfeiture steals due process rights,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “An overdue remedy for police profit,” The Ledger
- “Uncivil laws: Reforming forfeiture in NH,” New Hampshire Union-Leader
- “Restoring balance to asset seizures,” Daytona Beach News-Journal
- “The troubling return of an asset seizure program,” Charlotte Observer
- “Asset forfeiture,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Criminal seizures: A flawed federal asset forfeiture program returns,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “Policing for profit amounts to criminal injustice,” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Share and share alike with seized assets,” Orange County Register
- “Join grandmother’s fight, back asset forfeiture reform,” The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus
- “Government shouldn’t seize assets without greater proof of crime,” Chicago Sun-Times
- “Nebraska ends policing for profit,” Washington Examiner
- “Civil forfeiture law helps keep authorities honest,” McCook County Gazette
- “The feds get back into the stealing business,” The Washington Post
- “Seizing the opportunity: Watered-down bill still worth passing,” New Hampshire Union-Leader
- “Iowa must look at civil forfeiture law, make changes,” Daily Nonpareil
- “Why reform was (is) needed,” Lincoln Journal Star
- “An affront to due process,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Being smart on crime,” Stillwater News Press
- “Scale back forfeiture rule,” Scranton Times-Tribune
- “End highway robbery,” The Journal Record
- “Collateral damage,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “More work needed on asset forfeiture,” Daytona Beach News-Journal
- “Bill protects property rights,” Columbus Dispatch
- “California should protect rights and reform laws on asset seizure,” Los Angeles Daily News
- “You Don’t Have to Be a Criminal for the IRS to Seize Your Bank Account,” National Review
- “Forfeiture reform,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws Need Revamped,” Twin Falls Times-News
- “It is ironic that Utah civil forfeiture report was issued on the eve of Independence Day,” Salt Lake Tribune
- “Give me your gift cards,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Remember the 4th Amendment? Stop asset thievery,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- “Two significant steps toward a more-just justice system,” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Airport robbery,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Lawmakers must tighten civil forfeiture rules,” Traverse City Record Eagle
- “Forfeiting civil asset forfeiture,” Orange County Register
- “Asset forfeiture bill deserves final approval,” Los Angeles Daily News
- “End policing for profit,” San Francisco Chronicle
- “Finally, a chance to curb abuse of asset forfeiture laws,” Sacramento Bee
- “Forfeiture law must be reworked,” Muskogee Daily Phoenix
- “Tighten rules for asset forfeiture,” Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- “Virginia should follow California’s example on civil asset forfeiture,” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “Left-Right Win in California,” Wall Street Journal
- “Forfeiture protections,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Orange mulls seized funds for political advocacy,” Orange County Register
- “A man, his truck and feds’ ‘profit,’” San Antonio Express-News
- “The wrong victims,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Suggestions can help civil forfeiture programs,” The Times (Ottawa, Illinois)
- “Civil asset forfeiture gets bad rating in Iowa,” Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
- “Don’t be fooled; forfeiture laws still need reform,” Des Moines Register
- “An impending victory for due process and property rights,” Washington Examiner
- “Flouting the Constitution,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Transparency essential for police asset seizures,” Ashbury Park Press
- “Jeff Sessions and Civil Forfeiture,” Wall Street Journal
- “City needs to finally repair its vehicle seizure flaws,” Albuquerque Journal
- “Civil asset forfeiture by N.J. police needs reform,” Star Ledger
- “Good and bad news on civil asset forfeiture,” Orange County Register
- “Forfeit this bill,” Lawrence Journal-World
- “Tie property seizures by police to convictions,” The Daily Herald
- “Civil forfeiture needs boundary,” Topeka Capital-Journal
- “Forfeiture laws in Oklahoma still need attention,” Tahlequah Daily Press
- “A shady practice needs to end,” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “Nevada gets poor grades when it comes to transparency and civil forfeiture,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Restrict asset seizures, forfeitures,” Wichita Eagle
- “Progress on forfeiture,” Toledo Blade
- “No asset forfeiture without a conviction,” Racine Journal Times
- “Save grandma’s Jeep—reform civil asset forfeiture law,” Rockford Register Star
- “Has Trump drawn a target on Konni Burton?” Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- “Donald Trump’s wisecrack threat got all the attention, but Texas’ need for civil forfeiture reform is no joke,” Dallas Morning News
- “Burton’s asset forfeiture bill worthy of serious consideration,” Longview News-Journal
- “Civil forfeiture bill deserves to become law,” York Dispatch
- “Leach’s anti-forfeiture tweet: Right stance, wrong approach,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- “More reform needed on property seizures,” Detroit News
- “Transparency just the start of asset seizure reforms needed,” Press of Atlantic City
- “A power that lets police take property for themselves — even when there’s no crime,” Washington Post
- “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raises questions about civil forfeiture,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Abolish practice of seizing assets on mere suspicion,” Norwich Bulletin
- “Clarence Thomas issues a warning to the nation’s police,” Des Moines Register
- “Bill brings beneficial transparency for all,” Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
- “New law requires transparency, and that is good,” WLOX
- “End perverse incentives for seizing assets,” Los Angeles Daily News
- “Mississippi’s Forfeiture Reforms,” The Wall Street Journal
- “Rein in civil forfeiture,” Scranton Times-Tribune
- “Inspector general report highlights forfeiture abuses at the Department of Justice,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Taming forfeiture: A good bipartisan bill on asset seizure by feds,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “Civil asset forfeiture should outrage conservatives and progressives,” San Jose Mercury News
- “Protecting Property Rights,” St. Paul Pioneer Press
- “Cheers and jeers,” Twin Falls Times-News
- “Bipartisan, schmipartisan,” Idaho Falls Post Register
- “Legal thievery will continue despite forfeiture ‘reforms,’” Des Moines Register
- “Tougher rules needed on asset seizure; these bills create them,” Orange County Register
- “Don’t use forfeiture laws to target innocent people,” Chicago Sun-Times
- “State asset seizure law helps prevent abuse,” Today’s News-Herald
- “Forfeiture use ensnares more than criminals,” Jacksonville Journal Courier
- “Forfeiture reforms: A step in the right direction,” The Gazette
- “Cheers and jeers,” Twin Falls Times-News
- “No American should be comfortable with our asset forfeiture laws,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- “Give up the cash, stand up for the Constitution,” Post Star (New York)
- “Asset forfeiture funds should not go to border wall,” Norman Transcript
- “You’re cleared of a crime. Can the government keep your money anyway?” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “Civil forfeiture: Closing the federal loophole,” Union Leader
- “Don’t applaud District Attorney Dumanis for this decision,” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Guv should sign 1313,” Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
- “Civil forfeiture reform should become law,” Loveland Reporter-Herald
- “Hickenlooper should sign civil asset forfeiture bill,” Denver Post
- “New forfeiture law won’t stop abuses,” Des Moines Register
- “Court limits forfeitures,” The Times-Tribune
- “Policing for profit has to stop, in San Diego and across the U.S.,” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Stop ‘policing for profit,’” The Post and Courier
- “What’s yours is yours if you’ve committed no crime,” Chicago Sun-Times
- “IRS overreach: Study shows agents’ abuse of ‘structuring’ law,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “Governor, protect the innocent, sign forfeiture reform,” Dispatch-Argus
- “IRS abuses under the Bank Secrecy Act,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Innocent people are being caught in Utah’s civil forfeiture dragnet,” Standard-Examiner
- “Reform would help end abuses under so-called ‘structuring’ laws,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Sessions wrong to seek more asset forfeitures,” Tuscaloosa News
- “Sessions’ forfeiture fondness: Legally & morally wrong,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- “Jeff Sessions Should Drop His Expansion of Civil Asset Forfeiture,” National Review
- “Asset forfeiture rule changes leave problem,” Orange County Register
- “New federal seizure policy puts property rights at risk,” Reading Eagle
- “Jeff Sessions’ asset forfeiture plan is a return to the storm-trooper days of anti-drug frenzy,” Los Angeles Times
- “Sessions wrong to reinstate forfeiture practice,” Lincoln Journal-Star
- “Take the hint, Jeff Sessions,” Detroit News
- “Sessions’ move on asset forfeiture takes a giant step backward on property rights,” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “Sessions ignoring abuses of asset-seizure program,” Albuquerque Journal
- “A baffling policy makes a hypocritical comeback,” Charlotte Observer
- “Jeff Sessions just made it easier for cops to take your stuff,” Star-Ledger
- “Civil forfeiture a bad idea,” Virginian-Pilot
- “Forfeiture laws need to be improved,” Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
- “Changes to Pennsylvania and Philly’s forfeiture rules too weak,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Jeff Sessions wants to more aggressively use civil forfeiture,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Fix flawed forfeiture laws,” Seattle Times
- “End America’s Most Un-American Policy,” Bloomberg View
- “End civil asset forfeiture abuse,” Detroit News
- “Oppose wider use of asset forfeiture,” Minneapolis Star Tribune
- “Civil asset forfeiture is not policing the USA,” USA Today
- “Sessions should end this government cash grab,” Tampa Bay Times
- “Cops shouldn’t be robbers,” San Francisco Chronicle
- “Legislature protected Ohioans’ property,” Columbus Dispatch
- “A civil compromise,” The Journal Gazette
- “It’s time to reform forfeiture law,” Fort Worth News-Sentinel
- “House unanimously passes measure to limit IRS forfeiture abuses,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “When bad guys get caught, N.J. rakes in the cash,” The Times of Trenton
- “House sends important message on forfeiture,” Lincoln Journal Star
- “Reining in Mr. Sessions,” The Wall Street Journal
- “Lawmakers are finding creative ways to shut down Trump administration’s asset forfeiture program,” Dallas Morning News
- “Don’t forfeit due process for asset seizures,” Orange County Register
- “Democrats, Republicans come together on civil forfeiture reform,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “New law tips scales of justice toward innocent,” The Dispatch-Argus
- “New forfeiture rules welcome,” The News-Gazette
- “Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ new unit designed to monitor forfeiture abuses doesn’t go far enough,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Will a watchdog be able to rein in government theft?” Richmond Times-Dispatch
- “Civil asset forfeiture must be curtailed,” Orange County Register
- “Forfeiture proceeds too often become law enforcement slush funds,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Civil asset forfeiture is wrong,” Nashua Telegraph
- “How many seized vehicles were improperly taken?” San Antonio Express-News
- “Civil Asset Forfeiture Needs To Be Reined In,” The Post-Journal
- “Seizure law must be fair to all,” The Marietta Times
- “A welcome proposal to reform forfeiture laws,” Tuscaloosa News
- “Orr bill would reform civil forfeiture,” Decatur Daily
- “Stop the feds’ lawless asset forfeiture scam,” Orange County Register
- “Asset forfeiture laws are ripe for reform,” Dothan Eagle
- “Make a stand for civil liberties,” Detroit News
- “Amendments needed to forfeiture laws in Kansas,” Topeka Capital-Journal
- “Otter should sign bill that reforms when cops can seize your stuff,” Twin Falls Times News
- “Change the law on seizing assets,” Lawrence Journal-World
- “Law enforcement should collect data,” Decatur Daily
- “Time to fix forfeiture loopholes,” Mankato Free Press
- “Congress should stop ‘policing for profit,'” Orange County Register
- “End civil forfeiture without due process,” America
- “Get cops out of fencing racket,” Detroit News
- “Another step towards reining in civil forfeiture,” The Gazette
- “Iowa Supreme Court puts a dent in property forfeiture abuses,” Des Moines Register
- “Legal theft: A case of asset forfeiture that highlights its abuse,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “Another example of civil forfeiture abuse,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Seizure power to get review,” News-Gazette
- “U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear civil forfeiture case,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Forfeiture law not fair to acquitted,” Bismarck Tribune
- “Drug money isn’t worth forfeiting our principles,” Salt Lake Tribune
- “Rohnert Park must explain asset seizure program,” The Press Democrat
- “Forfeiture abuses continue,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “For safety’s sake, ABQ must revamp DWI seizures,” Albuquerque Journal
- “Federal judge breaks up car theft ring run by Albuquerque police,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “A ND law allowing cops to seize property without a conviction is in need of reform,” INFORUM
- “Supreme Court set to hear case involving civil forfeiture and the Eighth Amendment,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “A big win for the little guys,” New York Post
- “Philadelphia’s Forfeiture Landmark,” The Wall Street Journal
- “Reform state civil forfeiture laws,” Palestine Herald-Press (Texas)
- “Go 5 mph over the speed limit and lose your car?” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Fines and Punishment,” The Wall Street Journal
- “Seizing a car over $225 worth of heroin? The Supreme Court needs to rein in states’ forfeiture power,” Los Angeles Times
- “Seize chance to limit excessive forfeiture,” The Dispatch-Argus
- “At all levels of government, asset forfeiture needs true ‘fix,'” The Gazette
- “A Texas that values private property rights must rein in forfeitures,” Austin American-Statesman
- “Protect citizens from police property grabs,” Detroit News
- “Forfeiture deserves open debate,” The Natchez Democrat
- “Macomb must account for forfeiture funds,” Detroit News
- “Lawmakers wise to kill administrative forfeiture bill,” Daily Leader
- “Oversight needed on asset forfeiture,” Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
- “End uncivil forfeiture,” Asbury Park Press
- “Abolish civil forfeiture,” The Post and Courier
- “Supreme Court makes right call on asset seizures,” MassLive
- “Supreme Court draws the line on excessive forfeitures,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “The Supremes slap down an outrageous government racket,” New York Post
- “The Supreme Court rightly reins in asset forfeiture,” Los Angeles Times
- “Justices Against Unjust Forfeiture,” The Wall Street Journal
- “The Supreme Court just took a small step towards redressing a big constitutional outrage,” The Washington Post
- “Court puts brakes on civil forfeiture,” The Courier
- “SCOTUS ruling should end theft by police,” Detroit News
- “A fine revolution: The Supreme Court rules government cannot impose grossly disproportionate fees; there must still be consequences for lawbreaking,” New York Daily News
- “Court case shows policing for profit is wrong,” Tribune Chronicle
- “Policing for profit: Asset seizure ruling a triumph for fairness,” San Diego Union-Tribune
- “Supreme Court draws the line on asset forfeiture,” Santa Rosa Press Democrat
- “A critical Supreme Court victory for property rights,” Washington Examiner
- “A Win Against Ill-Gotten Gains,” Caledonian Record
- “Rethink civil seizures,” The Times Union
- “Asset forfeiture undermines justice,” Winston-Salem Journal
- “Alabama takes step towards civil forfeiture reform,” Decatur Daily
- “DA Sunday does the right thing,” York Dispatch
- “SCOTUS limits ‘excessive’ asset forfeiture,” Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
- “Tread carefully: Supreme Court properly reins in asset forfeiture,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “High Court got it right about excessive fines and seizures,” News & Record
- “Metro cashes in on civil forfeiture statutes,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Fixing Hawaii’s civil asset forfeiture program,” Honolulu Star Advertiser
- “Forfeiture reform moves forward in Carson City,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Put the kibosh on police theft,” Detroit News
- “Civil asset forfeiture, rampant in Pennsylvania, is a profound injustice,” LNP
- “Legislature should pass civil asset forfeiture reform,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Legislature still of two minds on justice reform,” Decatur Daily
- “Legislature missed an opportunity to reform civil asset forfeiture” Las Vegas Review-Journal
- “Veto ‘Airbnb bill,’ but not REITs one,” Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- “Gov. Ige Should Rethink Some of His Veto Targets,” Honolulu Civil Beat
- “Asset forfeiture fixes necessary,” Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- “Ige’s Veto Of Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill Makes No Sense,” Honolulu Civil Beat
- “SC police seize property without even bringing charges; Legislature must stop this,” The Post and Courier
- “Time to revisit state civil forfeiture law,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
- “Money grab: Law enforcement seizes money without cause,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “Wayne County, stop holding cars ransom,” Detroit News
- “Fix flaws in forfeiture,” Augusta Chronicle