By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic to Alabama officials who defended a law that allowed police to seize and impound cars after drug arrests despite the owners having n.
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic to Alabama officials who defended a law that allowed police to seize and impound cars after drug arrests despite the owners having no direct ties to the alleged crime. The case argued before the justices tests the power of law enforcement to retain property seized by police that belongs to people not charged with a crime. The Supreme Court heard appeals by two women of lower court rulings rejecting their claims that the government's failure to provide a prompt court hearing to let them try to reclaim their property violated the Constitution's 14th Amendment promise that government not "deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law."
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic to Alabama officials who defended a law that allowed police to seize and impound cars after drug arrests despite the owners having no direct ties to the alleged crime. The case argued before the justices tests the power of law enforcement to retain property seized by police that belongs to people not charged with a crime. The Supreme Court heard appeals by two women of lower court rulings rejecting their claims that th
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic to Alabama officials who defended .
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic to Alabama officials who defended .