The Washington DC-based organization Cato recently announced some “good news:” that civil asset forfeiture – that is, state seizure of a person’s home, car, and bank accounts – has been “abolished” in New Mexico.
Not mentioned in the report, however, is that New Mexican bureaucrats will not be giving up the thievery. Nope. It’s just that now they’ll jump through a few more legalese hoops before they send in the guns. So all told, probably […]
