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Civil forfeiture allows the government to take people's property on account of crime — without proving anyone guilty. But a local congressman is working to reform the practice and provide better due-process protections.
Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.), whose district abuts Toledo, and Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) have introduced what they call the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act. The name reflects the part of the Bill of Rights that binds the federal government to respect due process.
And that's what the bill would do.
Washington, D.C. – U.S Representative Tim Walberg (MI-07) and U.S. Senator Rand Paul have reintroduced the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act (FAIR Act), bipartisan legislation to curb civil asset forfeiture abuse and protect the American people's due process and private property rights. H.R. 1555 will raise the level of proof necessary for the government to seize property, reform the IRS structuring statute to protect innocent business owners, increase transparency and Congressional oversight, and many other important reforms.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Tim Walberg (MI-07) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today reintroduced "Jessie's Law," a bipartisan bill named after Michigan resident Jessie Grubb who tragically died of an opioid overdose last year. Jessie's Law would help ensure doctors have access to a consenting patient's prior history of addiction in order to make fully informed care and treatment decisions.
In order to improve a community's future, you sometimes have to look at its past.