Many people believe the Supreme Court “ended asset forfeiture” with its 2019 opinion in Timbs v. Indiana. That’s not only false, but by trying to expand federal power to stop asset forfeiture in the states, they might have made things even worse in the long run.
Both the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court denied stays sought by Kenneth Smith, who is scheduled to die on Thursday in the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution.
The 18th Amendment, better known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, 1919. It became the law of the land one year later, leading to an array of social consequences.
that man and should be embarrassing to harvard. amen. chris matthews, i would like you to jump in on claire s point, but also pointing out that iowa is days away. new hampshire is coming up, and donald trump, given this conversation, even, is the clear front-runner. you know, i think president biden gave a good speech on friday. i think he began the conversation about the constitution and democracy. but i think he has to turn the corner and go to the next step. the reason we love our democracy, the reason we all love it is if we don t like the government and they re doing something, we can do something about it. the 18th amendment was followed by the 21st amendment. you can drink beer if you want to. it was corrected. women want the right to the protection of their own body. they want to have so day go and vote in ohio. and they just say, we re going to win this one. and you can do this. but the voter does have a role to play. the court system will put the